Difference between Pantywaist and Pansy

What is the difference between Pantywaist and Pansy?

Pantywaist as an adjective is weak, timid, effeminate, ineffectual. while Pansy as an adjective is wimpy; spineless; feeble.

Pantywaist

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Weak, timid, effeminate, ineffectual.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A children's undergarment composed, in part, of panties attached to a waistband. An ineffectual, weak, or timid person, especially a boy or young man; a sissy.

Pansy

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Common name for a cultivated flowering plant, Viola tricolor hortensis, derived from heartsease; many garden varieties are hybrids.A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Wimpy; spineless; feeble.Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

We hope you now know whether to use Pantywaist or Pansy in your sentence.

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