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As proper nouns the difference between adam and adie

is that adam is (label) adam (biblical figure) while adie is , (adrian) or (aidan).

adam

English

(wikipedia Adam)

Proper noun

(s)
  • (Abrahamic religions) The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
  • * 1611 — 3:20
    • And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
  • * 1667 — , Book VII
    • Say Goddess, what ensu’d when Raphael, / The affable Arch-Angel, had forewarn'd / Adam by dire example to beware / Apostasie,
  • .
  • * 1859 — , ch 1
    • Adam Bede was a Saxon, and justified his name; but the jet-black hair, made the more noticeable by its contrast with the light paper cap, and the keen glance of the dark eyes that shone from under strongly marked, prominent and mobile eyebrows, indicated a mixture of Celtic blood.
  • * 1904 —
    • Since then I have deciphered some more of Adam’s hieroglyphics, and think he has now become sufficiently important as a public character to justify this publication.
  • * 1933 — , Over the Garden Wall , Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")
    • What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word,
  • (figuratively) Original sin or human frailty.
  • (with'' second ''or last) Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
  • * 1611 — 15:45
    • And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
  • * 1739 —
    • Second Adam from above,
    Reinstate us in thy love.
  • Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
  • * 1936 , (HP Lovecraft), ‘The Haunter of the Dark’:
    • Inside were six-panelled doors, wide floor-boards, a curving colonial staircase, white Adam -period mantels, and a rear set of rooms three steps below the general level.

    • Derived terms

    * Adam and Eve * Adamesque * Adamhood * Adamic, Adamical * Adamite * Adamitism * Adam's ale * * Adam's apple * Adam's flannel * Adam's morsel * Adam's needle * * Adam's wine * apple of Adam * (diminutive) * as old as Adam, old as Adam * co-Adamite * not know someone from Adam * Old Adam * pre-Adamite * since Adam was a boy

    Related terms

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    See also

    * Eve * * * Edom ----

    adie

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , (Adrian) or (Aidan).
  • * 1874 Bertha de Jongh, The Sisters Lawless, by the author of Rosa Noel , page 245:
    • "My only worth will be in always remembering to do the thing that pleases you; and yet, although I don't really like Adie , it has a more home-like, more whisperable sound than Adrian. Adrian is a grand, heroic sort of a name, yet what a beautiful name it is.
  • , (Adriana) or (Adrienne).
  • * 2010 Mary Carnaghan, Adie , iUniverse, ISBN 144013698X, page 33:
    • "I'd like if you call me Adie . It is short for Adele."
  • derived from Adam.