different between caterpillar vs golliwog

English

Alternative forms

• caterpiller (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English catirpel, catirpeller, probably from Old Northern French catepeluse (Modern French chatte + pileuse (“hairy cat”)), from Late Latin catta + pil?sa.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæt??p?l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæt??p?l?/

Noun

caterpillar (plural caterpillars)

1. The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm

2. A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler
3. (mathematics) A set of subtrees of a tree

Synonyms

• (moth or butterfly larva): leafworm

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• pillar

English

Alternative forms

• golliwogg (original spelling, dropped within nine years of publication)

Etymology

Probably a blend of golly +? polliwog Coined for the illustrations by Florence Kate Upton for her mother Bertha Upton?s 1895 children?s book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls — and a ‘Golliwogg’.

Pronunciation

Noun

golliwog (plural golliwogs)

1. A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel.
2. (dated, racist, offensive) A black person.
3. (Australia) A hairy caterpillar. [From 1920.]
4. A receiver of stolen goods. [From ca 1930.]
5. (rhyming slang as "the golliwogs") Greyhound racing: the jolly dogs.

Related terms

• wog

Translations

References

• David Pilgrim, The Golliwog Caricature, 2000 http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/golliwog/
• Bob Dixon, Racism:  All Things White and Beautiful http://www.peace-workshop.freeuk.com/AllthingsWhiteandBeautiful.htm
• The Oxford English Dictionary.
• golliwog at OneLook Dictionary Search