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What is the difference between alex and alexander?

alex | alexander | Derived terms |

Alexander is a derived term of alex.

Alexander is a related term of alex.



As proper nouns the difference between alex and alexander

is that alex is a given name derived from Ancient Greek while Alexander is a given name derived from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

As a noun alexander is

alexanders: any of various umbellifers, often specifically species: Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.

alex

English

Proper noun

(es)
  • .
  • * 2006 (Kate Atkinson), One Good Turn (Black Swan(2007), ISBN 9780552772440), page 81:
  • *:Martin was pretty dull as names went but 'Alex' Blake' had a certain dash to it. His publishers hadn't considered Martin's own name to be 'punchy' enough. The pseudonym ' Alex Blake was chosen after much deliberation, most of which excluded Martin. 'A strong, no-nonsense sort of name', his editor said, 'to compensate'. For what, she didn't say.
  • , short form of Alexandra or the female name Alexis, or a spelling variant of Alix.
  • * 2008 , The Northern Clemency (Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799), page 588:
    • 'I had a Christmas card from someone calling herself Alex the year before last,' Daniel said. 'I couldn't think who it was.'
    'Oh, yes, she's changed again,' Alice said. 'I never got used to Alexandra, either. It never occurred to me that Sandra was short for Alexandra - anyway, she's Sandra on her birth certificate.'

    Anagrams

    * * English unisex given names ----

    alexander

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , most famously held by (Alexander the Great).
  • * : Act V, Scene I:
    • Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander , till he find it stopping a bung-hole?
  • * 1765 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy , Book IV, Chapter 18:
    • And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander , I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.
  • * 1985 , The Accidental Tourist , ISBN 0-7011-2986-7, page 170:
    • "My son's name is Alexander'," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him ' Alexander because it sounded high-class.

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, Al , Alec , Aleck , Alex , Alistair , Lex , Sandro , Sandy , Sasha , Xan , Xander}}

    Related terms

    * Alexandra and its variants