Dildos Versus Vibrators

So this is a period piece set in 1999...and dildos figure a whole bunch in the plot.

Dildos. Is this a period thing? TIME period. 1999 and all.

I had thought that vibrators were the current "thing" among women. Are dildos and vibrators the same thing? I suppose it is the batteries that make the difference. Is "dildo" a funnier word than "vibrator'? I

Are dildos now "old hat" ...or better than ever?

Inquiring minds want to know.