different between jody vs jane

English

Etymology

From Jody, a generic name for males romancing soldiers' girlfriends while they are away from home.

Noun

jody (plural jodies)

1. A Jody call.

Synonyms

• Jody chant, Jody cadence, Jody call, jody call

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Homophone: Jain

Etymology 1

From Old French Jannes (“Genoway”).

Noun

jane (plural janes)

1. (obsolete) A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century.
   • 14th c, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Rime of Sire Thopas, The Canterbury Tales, 1793, A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, Volume 1, page 124,

     His robe was of chekelatoun, / That coste many a jane.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vii:

     Certes was but a common Courtisane, / Yet flat refusd to haue a do with mee, / Because I could not giue her many a Iane.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

jane (plural janes)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Jane, a woman.
2. Alternative spelling of jean
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VII, Over-Production

     Ye miscellaneous, ignoble manufacturing individuals, ye have produced too much! We accuse you of making above two-hundred thousand shirts for the bare backs of mankind. Your trousers too, which you have made, of fustian, of cassimere, of Scotch-plaid, of jane, nankeen and woollen broadcloth, are they not manifold?

3. A female client of a prostitute.

Anagrams

• Jaen, Jaén, Jean, Jena, jean

Japanese

Romanization

jane

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

jane

1. locative singular of jana
2. accusative plural of jana