Aaron vs Patrick - What's the difference?
aaron | patrick |
The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.
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* 1969 , Portnoy's Complaint , Random House, 2002, page 145:
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* 1594 William Shakespeare: Hamlet : Act I, Scene V :
* 1993 Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha : page 138:
As proper nouns the difference between aaron and patrick
is that aaron is the elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran while Patrick is a given name derived from Latin.aaron
English
Proper noun
(Aarons)- And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.
- - - - the Junior Prom with boys whose names are right out of the grade-school reader, not Aaron and Arnold and Marvin, but Johnny and Billy and Jimmy and Tod. Not Portnoy or Pincus, but Smith and Jones and Brown!
Usage notes
* The given name was exclusively Jewish in the Middle Ages, taken up by Gentiles in the 17th century, and popular among both in the end of the 20th century.Derived terms
* Aaron's bells * Aaron's rod * Aaron's serpentReferences
patrick
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Yes, by Saint Patrick , but there is, Horatio,
- And much offence, too.
- - Are unusual names nice?
- - Yes.
- - Then why am I called Patrick ?
- She laughed but only for a little bit. She smiled at me, I think to make sure that I knew she wasn't laughing at me.
- - Because your daddy's called Patrick , she said.
- I liked that, being called after my da.
- - There are five Patricks in our class, I said.
- - Is that right?
- - Patrick' Clarke. That's me. '''Patrick''' O'Neill. '''Patrick''' Redmond. '''Patrick''' Genocci. ' Patrick Flynn.
- - That's a lot, she said. - It's a nice name. Very dignified.
- - Three of them are called Paddy, I told her. - One Pat and one Patrick .