Lolly vs. Jolly — What's the Difference?

A piece of candy, especially hard candy.

Full of good humor and high spirits.

A lollipop.

Exhibiting or occasioning happiness or mirth; cheerful

Money.

Greatly pleasing; enjoyable

A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.

To a great extent or degree; extremely.

Money.

To keep amused or diverted for one's own purposes; humor.

Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy.

To amuse oneself with humorous banter.

(cricket) An easy catch.

Chiefly British A good or festive time.

(archaic) A lump.

Jollies(Slang) Amusement; kicks

(Canada) Snow or fine ice floating on water.

Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.

Informal terms for money

Splendid, excellent, pleasant.

Ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick;

(informal) drunk

A pleasure trip or excursion.

A marine in the English navy.

Very, extremely

(transitive) To amuse or divert.

Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.

Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.

Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.

To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to feel pleasant or cheerful; - often implying an insincere or bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at.

A marine in the English navy.

A happy party

A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work

Be silly or tease one another;

Full of or showing high-spirited merriment;

Used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain);