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Albert vs Einstein - What's the difference?

albert | einstein |

As proper nouns the difference between albert and einstein

is that albert is a given name derived from Germanic while Einstein is Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th Century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.

As a noun Einstein is

an extremely clever or intelligent person.

albert

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1862 , The Idylls of the King: Dedication:
    • Thou noble Father of her Kings to be - - - / Dear to thy land and ours, a Prince indeed, / Beyond all titles, and a household name, / Hereafter, thro' all times, Albert the Good.
  • * 1956 Eddie Condon, Thomas Sugrue: ''We Called it Music: A Generation of Jazz. Peter Davies 1956. page 40:
    • Helena was not flattered. "Albert' just doesn't appreciate music," she said. They all called me ' Albert then. I thought it was a fine name; I like elegance.
  • * 2000 (Anne Enright), What Are You Like? , Random House (2001), ISBN 9780099284345, page 85:
    • Hogan, Byrne, O'Brien. She stopped at one name. Albert' Delahunty — what Catholic in their right mind would call a child ' Albert ?
  • A constituency in Belize
  • A city in Kansas
  • A rural municipality in Manitoba
  • A town in New South Wales
  • A ghost town in Texas

    • Derived terms

    * Albert chain * Prince Albert

    Related terms

    * pet forms: Al, Bert, Bertie * variants: Ethelbert * female given names: Alberta, Albertina, Albertine

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    einstein

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , the world-famous 20th Century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.
  • * 1919 November 10, “LIGHTS ALL ASKEW IN THE HEAVENS”, New York Times
    • Men of Science More or Less Agog Over Results of Eclipse Observations.
    EINSTEIN THEORY TRIUMPHS
    Stars Not Where They Seemed or Were Calculated to be, but Nobody Need Worry.
    A BOOK FOR 12 WISE MEN
    No More in All the World Could Comprehend it, Said Einstein When His Daring Publishers Accepted it.
  • * 1977 , James Taylor, “Secret O’ Life”, JT , Columbia Records
    • Einstein said he could never understand it all / Planets spinning through space
  • * 1993 , Steve Martin, Picasso at the Lapin Agile
    • Gaston: Picasso, Einstein , Schmendiman. Somehow it doesn't have a ring.
  • * 2000 January 22, Carl Kasell (announcer), “Listener Limerick Challenge”, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me! , National Public Radio
    • If Einstein , my dear / Were a toll booth cashier / I imagine he too would be [bored ]
  • (surname)

    • Derived terms

    * einstein * einsteinium * Einstein field equation * Einstein's constant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An extremely clever or intelligent person.
    • Can you believe he's just a kindergartener? It looks like they've got an Einstein in the family.

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