The difference between Daddy and Mummy

When used as nouns, daddy means father, whereas mummy means an embalmed human or animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient egyptians.

When used as verbs, daddy means to father, to sire, whereas mummy means to mummify.


check bellow for the other definitions of Daddy and Mummy

  1. Daddy as a noun (usually, childish):

    Father.

  2. Daddy as a noun (informal):

    Male lover.

  3. Daddy as a noun (dated, _, slang):

    Examples:

    "Rock 'n' roll is cool, daddy, and you know it!"

  1. Daddy as a verb (chiefly, Appalachia):

    To father, to sire.

  1. Mummy as a noun (countable):

    An embalmed human or animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.

  2. Mummy as a noun (countable, by extension):

    A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a typical character in horror films.

  3. Mummy as a noun (countable, by extension):

    Any naturally preserved human or animal body.

  4. Mummy as a noun (countable, uncountable, now, rare):

    A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.

    Examples:

    "synonyms mummy brown"

  5. Mummy as a noun (uncountable, now, rare):

    A pulp.

  6. Mummy as a noun (uncountable, medicine, now, _, historical):

    A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir T. Herbert"

  7. Mummy as a noun (uncountable, horticulture, obsolete):

    A sort of wax used in grafting.

  1. Mummy as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To mummify.

  1. Mummy as a noun (chiefly, UK, usually, childish):

    mother.

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