Adam vs Man - What's the difference?
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(Abrahamic religions) The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
* 1611 — 3:20
* 1667 — , Book VII
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* 1859 — , ch 1
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* 1933 — , Over the Garden Wall , Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")
(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
* 1739 —
Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
* 1936 , (HP Lovecraft), ‘The Haunter of the Dark’:
An adult male human.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry V , act 4, scene 1:
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*:“it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
(lb) All human males collectively: mankind.
* 2011 , Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In , p.109:
A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry IV, Part 2 , act 4, scene 2:
* 1611 , Bible (KJV), (w) 12.17:
* (Joseph Addison), Monaco, Genoa, &c. , p.9:
* 1991' edition (original: '''1953 ), Darell Huff, ''[//archive.org/details/HowToLieWithStatistics How to Lie with Statistics] , pp.19–20:
(lb) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity.
* 1647 , Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:
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A member of the genus Homo'', especially of the species ''Homo sapiens .
* 1990 , The Almanac of Science and Technology (ISBN 0151050503), p.68:
(lb) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.
* A Gest of Robyn Hode'', in the ''Child Ballads :
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Much Ado about Nothing , act 3, scene 5:
* 1609 , (Ben Jonson), :
An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), :
* 2011 , Timothy Shephard, Can We Help Us?: Growing Up Bi-Racial in America (ISBN 1456754610), p.181:
Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
* 1598 , (Ben Jonson), (Every Man in His Humour)
A husband.
* Book of Common Prayer :
* 1715 , (Joseph Addison), The Freeholder :
A lover; a boyfriend.
A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
* 2007 , Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night (ISBN 0778324567), p.553:
*:"She's the man for the job."
* 2008 , Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season (ISBN 160239329X), p.148:
* 2012 , The Island Caper: A Jake Lafferty Action Novel (ISBN 1622951999), p.34:
A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
* 1909 , Harper's Weekly , Vol.53, p.iii:
* 1913 , Robert Herrick, One Woman's Life , p.46:
*:"And they're very good people, I assure you — he's a Harvard man ." It was the first time Milly had met on intimate terms a graduate of a large university.
An adult male servant. (lb) A vassal. A subject.
* William Blackstone:
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A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
* 1883 , Henry Richter, Chess Simplified! , p.4:
(non-gloss definition, Used to refer to oneself or one's group): I, we; (construed in the third person).
* 2011 , (Top Boy) :
*:Sully: If it weren’t for that snake ... Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.
To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
To take up position in order to operate (something).
* 1876 , Julian Hawthorne, Saxon Studies :
To wait on, attend to or escort.
To accustom (a hawk or other bird) to the presence of men.
As proper nouns the difference between adam and man
is that adam is the first man and the progenitor of the human race while Man is the genus Homo.As a noun man is
an adult male human.As a verb man is
to supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).As an interjection man is
Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.As an initialism MAN is
initialism of Metropolitan Area Network|lang=en a large computer network usually spanning a city.adam
English
(wikipedia Adam)Proper noun
(s)- And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
- Say Goddess, what ensu’d when Raphael, / The affable Arch-Angel, had forewarn'd / Adam by dire example to beware / Apostasie,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
- Second Adam from above,
Reinstate us in thy love.
- 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 boySee also
* Eve * * * Edom ----man
English
Noun
(men)- The king is but a man , as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
- Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
- a man cannot make him laugh.
- Recompence to no man euill for euill.
- A man would expect, in so very ancient a town of Italy, to find some considerable antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old Rostrum of a Roman ship, that stands over the door of their arsenal.
- Similarly, the next time you learn from your reading that the average man (you hear a good deal about him these days, most of it faintly improbable) brushes his teeth 1.02 times a day—a figure I have just made up, but it may be as good as anyone else's – ask yourself a question. How can anyone have found out such a thing? Is a woman who has read in countless advertisements that non-brushers are social offenders going to confess to a stranger that she does not brush her teeth regularly?
- How did God create man ?
- God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
- The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man , in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.
- For God is holde a ryghtwys man .
- God's a good man .
- Expect: But was the devil a proper man , gossip?
- As fine a gentleman of his inches as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or any where else.
- He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house
- I had the opportunity to marry one of them but wasn't mature enough to be a man and marry her and be close to the.
- Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man , and sweetness in his carriage, /
- I pronounce that they are man and wife.
- In the next place, every wife ought to answer for her man .
- Joanie volunteered, of course — if any dirty job is on offer requiring running, she's your man —
- He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he's their man .
- When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men .
- (old proverb)
- The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honour.
- The white men' are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black ' men are placed opposite.
Usage notes
* The most common modern sense of the word is “an adult male human”, not “a generic human” or “humankind”, which explains the awkwardness of the following sentence: *: Man, like other mammals, breastfeeds his young.Nonsexist Language Guideline, the University of New Hampshire. * Nonsexist language advocates recommend the use of human'', ''human being'', ''humankind'' or ''person'', depending on context, instead of ''man .
Synonyms
* (adult male human) omi (Polari); see also * See also * See alsoSee also
* the man * boy; male * woman * humanDerived terms
* airman * anchor man * bad man * barman * best man * black man * caveman * common man * company man * con man * dead man * dirty old man * Earthman * family man * fireman * foreman * government man * headman * hitman * kept man * lady's man * -man * man among men * manface * manful * manhood * mankind * manly * man of God * man of science * man of the cloth * man of the people * man of the world * man of war * man on * manpower * man's man * mantrap/man-trap/man trap * Marlboro Man * mountain man * old man * overman * policeman * underman * pan man * renaissance man * seaman * see a man about a dog * straight man * straw man * stunt man * strong man * the man * waterman * white man * woman * yes-manVerb
(mann)- The shipped was manned with a small crew.
- Man the machine guns!
- he manned himself heroically