Waddy vs. Paddy: What's the Difference?

A heavy stick, especially a war club.

Used as a disparaging term for a person, especially a man, of Irish birth or ancestry.

See cowboy.

Rice, especially in the husk, whether gathered or still in the field.

A cattle rustler.

A specially irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

To strike with a waddy.

Or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.

(colloquial) A cowboy.

(countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

(Australia) A war club used by Aboriginal Australians; a nulla nulla.

A fit of temper; a tantrum.

(Australia) A piece of wood; a stick or peg; also, a walking stick.

A white person.

To attack or beat with an Aboriginal war club.

A labourer's assistant or workmate.

An aboriginal war club.

A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

A piece of wood; stick; peg; also, a walking stick.

(obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

To attack or beat with a waddy.

Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; - usually considered offensive.

Unhusked rice; - commonly so called in the East Indies.

(slur) a person of Irish descent

An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

Rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field