Difference between Dyke and Dike

What is the difference between Dyke and Dike?

Dyke as a noun is (usually derogatory) a lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior. while Dike as a noun is the northern english form of ditch.

Dyke

Part of speech: noun

Definition: (usually derogatory) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior. A toilet. a ditch. a valley. A lesbian. This word has been reclaimed, by some, as politically empowering. (See usage notes.)

Example sentence: There's Dick Van Dyke and John Ritter, the two greatest physical comics of our generation.

Dike

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The northern English form of ditch.A ditch and bank running alongside each other.A barrier of stone or earth used to hold back water and prevent flooding.A lesbian, especially a manly or unattractive lesbian.A body of once molten igneous rock that was injected into older rocks in a manner that crosses bedding planes.

We hope you now know whether to use Dyke or Dike in your sentence.

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