The difference between Girl and Guy
When used as nouns, girl means a female child, adolescent, or young woman, whereas guy means an effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the gunpowder plot (5th november).
When used as verbs, girl means to feminize or girlify, whereas guy means to exhibit an effigy of guy fawkes around the 5th november.
check bellow for the other definitions of Girl and Guy
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Girl as a noun:
A female child, adolescent, or young woman.
Examples:
"Amanda is a girl of 16."
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Girl as a noun:
A young female animal.
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Girl as a noun:
Any woman, regardless of her age.
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Girl as a noun:
A female servant; a maid.
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Girl as a noun (uncommon, card games):
A queen (the playing card.)
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Girl as a noun (colloquial):
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Girl as a noun:
One's girlfriend.
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Girl as a noun:
One's daughter.
Examples:
"Your girl turned up on our doorstep."
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Girl as a noun (UK, dialect, obsolete):
A roebuck two years old.
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Girl as a noun (US, slang):
Cocaine, especially in powder form.
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Girl as a verb (transitive):
To feminize or girlify.
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Guy as a noun (British):
An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
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Guy as a noun (dated):
A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
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Guy as a noun (colloquial):
A man, fellow.
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Guy as a noun (especially, in the plural):
A person .
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Guy as a noun (colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects):
Thing, creature.
Examples:
"The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy."
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Guy as a noun (colloquial, figuratively):
Thing, unit.
Examples:
"This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage."
"This guy is the partial derivative of that guy with respect to x."
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Guy as a noun (informal, term of address):
Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
Examples:
"Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya?"
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Guy as a verb (intransitive):
To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
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Guy as a verb (transitive):
To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
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Guy as a verb (theatre, transitive):
To play in a comedic manner.
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Guy as a noun (obsolete, rare):
A guide; a leader or conductor.
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Guy as a noun (primarily, nautical):
A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered.
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Guy as a noun (primarily, nautical):
A support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge).
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Guy as a verb:
To equip with a support cable.