The difference between Random and Randy

When used as nouns, random means a roving motion, whereas randy means impudent beggar.

When used as adjectives, random means having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable, whereas randy means sexually aroused.

check bellow for the other definitions of Random and Randy

  1. Random as a noun:

    A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.

  2. Random as a noun (obsolete):

    Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.

  3. Random as a noun (obsolete):

    The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.

  4. Random as a noun (figuratively, colloquial):

    An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.

    Examples:

    "The party was boring. It was full of randoms."

  5. Random as a noun (mining):

    The direction of a rake-vein.

  1. Random as an adjective:

    Having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation.

    Examples:

    "The flip of a fair coin is purely random."

    "The newspaper conducted a random sample of five hundred American teenagers."

    "The results of the field survey look random by several different measures."

  2. Random as an adjective (mathematics):

    Of or relating to probability distribution.

    Examples:

    "A toss of loaded dice is still random, though biased."

  3. Random as an adjective (computing):

    Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.

    Examples:

    "The <tt>rand</tt> function generates a random number from a seed."

  4. Random as an adjective (somewhat colloquial):

    Representative and undistinguished; typical and average; selected for no particular reason.

    Examples:

    "A random American off the street couldn't tell the difference."

  5. Random as an adjective (somewhat colloquial):

    Apropos of nothing; lacking context; unexpected; having apparent lack of plan, cause or reason.

    Examples:

    "That was a completely random comment."

    "The teacher's bartending story was interesting, but random."

    "The narrative takes a random course."

  6. Random as an adjective (colloquial):

    Characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.

    Examples:

    "You're so random!"

  1. Randy as an adjective:

    Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.

  2. Randy as an adjective (chiefly, Scotland):

    Rude or coarse in manner.

  1. Randy as a noun:

    impudent beggar

  2. Randy as a noun:

    boisterous, coarse, loose woman

  3. Randy as a noun:

    virago

  4. Randy as a noun (video games):

    random

  5. Randy as a noun (sports, aerial freestyle skiing):

    one and a half twist acrobatic maneuver

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