What's the difference between diaper and nappy?

Diaper


Definition:

  • (n.) Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
  • (n.) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.
  • (n.) A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.
  • (n.) An infant's breechcloth.
  • (v. t.) To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.
  • (v. t.) To put a diaper on (a child).
  • (v. i.) To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This allowed for the controlled assessment of skin condition with respect to diaper type.
  • (2) Dermatophytosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of rashes in the diaper area.
  • (3) In group 1 (50 patients) a traditional closed urinary drainage system was used, while in group 2 (50 patients) an open drainage system into doubled diapers was used.
  • (4) Despite the overall low prevalence of diaper dermatitis in the newborn period, 7 of 204 infants evaluated had small skin erosions in the diaper area noted within the first 4 days of age.
  • (5) The questionnaire data revealed that pretrained fathers diapered and fed the newborn significantly more often than the untrained fathers.
  • (6) Little is known about diaper rash and diapering materials in AD.
  • (7) Most mothers have made a diaper choice by the time an infant is born.
  • (8) The disease implies a congenital intrauterine infection and is different from neonatal candidiasis which manifests as thrush, diaper dermatitis.
  • (9) The authors presents 3 cases of Kawasaki disease where, in all cases, a perineal rash or rash located in the diaper area, was an initial or predominant sign.
  • (10) The majority of incontinent patients still residing in the community were being managed by nonspecific techniques such as diapers and toileting schedules.
  • (11) Outbreaks are commonest in centers that are large, have long operating hours, and enroll children younger than the age of two years (i.e., those in diapers).
  • (12) However, by improving the inherently adverse relationship between diapers and diapered skin, one can have a significant effect on the incidence and severity of diaper dermatitis.
  • (13) Infants diapered in disposable diapers with AGM had a significantly (P 0.032) lower mean grade of diaper dermatitis during diarrhea episodes and a lower (P 0.054) mean grade during antibiotic use, compared to those diapered in conventional disposable diapers.
  • (14) Results were excellent for diapers A and B: there were no significant differences observed in water content of the corneum when A and B were compared with conventional cotton diapers.
  • (15) Statistical correlations between diaper dermatitis and age, presence of atopic dermatitis, and health conditions were found.
  • (16) Diaper dermatitis is a term used to encompass a wide range of inflammatory processes that occur in the area covered by the diaper.
  • (17) Expressing his gratitude to all foreign countries for the aid, Vucic said Serbia now needed "food, baby food, diapers, all kind of clothes, medicaments, bottled water, disinfection and hygienic resources".
  • (18) A form-fitting glans condom has been developed for use in small uncircumcised males with neurogenic bladders to avoid the problems inherent with diapers.
  • (19) The common use of the triple diaper treatment is not recommended.
  • (20) During this care the mother holds her diaper-clad premature infant against her skin beneath her clothing and allows self-regulatory access to breast-feeding.

Nappy


Definition:

  • (a.) Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as, to feel nappy.
  • (a.) Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong; heady; as, nappy ale.
  • (a.) Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy.
  • (n.) A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Obama was still in a nappy during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, when his predecessor John F Kennedy faced down the Soviet Union’s efforts to site atomic weapons on the island that is just a few dozen miles from Florida.
  • (2) Some were wearing nappies despite being of school age, and appeared to crawl upstairs using their hands rather than walking.
  • (3) The three young men were trying to get to grips with a troubling scene in which they lark about with a baby in its pram, poking it, pulling off its nappy, goading each other until they stone it to death.
  • (4) Sales of Mamia nappies have risen 1,000% in the past four years as the company deliberately targeted new parents.
  • (5) There are thousands of children every year who grow up in homes where nappies - and bedclothes - go unchanged... ...and where their cries of pain go unheard.
  • (6) Wet nappies at night could cause infants at risk to die.
  • (7) As friends start preparing for baby number two, I remember the sleepless nights, the toxic nappies and the projectile vomiting phase, and I'm fairly sure we've made the right decision.
  • (8) "We use the money for things like nappies and milk.
  • (9) • Wipes, nappies, sanitary towels, rags and condoms do not break down easily and can snag on pipes, drains and the walls of sewers, leading to blockages.
  • (10) An unselected, mycologically-controlled trial was conducted at the University Children's Hospital of Graz on the treatment of nappy rash by the topical application of Canesten (clotrimazole), a broad-spectrum mycotic in the form of a 1% cream.
  • (11) Bushy” is the word used most; “nappy” and “kinky” are harsher, coarser words.
  • (12) A rangy former quarterback with a big, toothy grin, he was raised in the low-income housing projects in Brooklyn – "a tough place" – with his father, a proud but poorly educated man, floating from job to job; one of the worst was delivering and picking up used nappies.
  • (13) Red and white cell numbers were reduced on light microscopy of specimens obtained from nappies, but bacterial counts were unchanged.
  • (14) On Tuesday Asda said it would plough £300m into lowering the price of 2,500 essentials including fruit and vegetables, cereal, nappies, milk, meat, eggs and fish in the first three months of 2015.
  • (15) You're doing all the right things: not telling him off if he wets the bed, putting him in a night nappy etc.
  • (16) Yes, I admit that in those first few weeks it was a struggle to remember to pick up the nappies and cotton wool I'd paid for, let alone the receipt.
  • (17) Adult incontinence pads outsold baby nappies for the first time in 2012.
  • (18) Families spoke out about needing the extra room for medical equipment; box rooms lined with adult nappies and oxygen cylinders that rich men in power called a luxury.
  • (19) And I've taken pleasure in consulting women half my age about whether I should opt for an Ergo carrier or a Baby Bjorn , whether my feet will ever shrink back to their pre-pregnancy size and whether we really need a nappy bin?
  • (20) The privately owned chain is still a relative minnow, controlling just 5.8% of all grocery sales in the UK, but only Pampers nappies are bigger sellers than its Mamia brand, and 8% of our fresh fruit and veg, and over a fifth of all premium steaks, are bought in Aldi stores.