Tomboy vs. Dyke: What's the Difference?

Tomboy

A tomboy is a girl who exhibits characteristics or behaviors considered typical of a boy. Common characteristics include wearing masculine clothing and engaging in games and activities that are physical in nature and are considered in many cultures to be unfeminine or the domain of boys.

Wikipedia

Dyke (noun)

A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
Dyke (noun)

A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
Dyke (noun)

Any navigable watercourse.
Dyke (noun)

Any watercourse.
Dyke (noun)

Any small body of water.
Dyke (noun)

Any hollow dug into the ground.
Dyke (noun)

A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
Dyke (noun)

An embankment formed by the creation of a ditch.
Dyke (noun)

A city wall.
Dyke (noun)

A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
Dyke (noun)

Any fence or hedge.
Dyke (noun)

An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
Dyke (noun)

Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
Dyke (noun)

A beaver’s dam.
Dyke (noun)

A jetty; a pier.
Dyke (noun)

A raised causeway.
Dyke (noun)

A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.
Dyke (noun)

A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
Dyke (noun)

A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or macho traits or behavior.
Dyke (verb)

To dig, particularly to create a ditch.
Dyke (verb)

To surround with a ditch, to entrench.
Dyke (verb)

To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.
Dyke (verb)

To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.
Dyke (verb)

To scour a watercourse.
Dyke (verb)

To steep [fibers] within a watercourse.

Wiktionary

Tomboy (noun)

a girl who enjoys rough, noisy activities traditionally associated with boys.

Oxford Dictionary

Tomboy vs. Dyke