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Amelia vs Emmy - What's the difference?

amelia | emmy |

As a noun amelia

is (pathology) the congenital absence of one or more limbs.

As a preposition emmy is

among; amongst; amid.

amelia

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • * 1776 Adam Fitz-Adam, The World of Adam Fitz-Adam , Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756:
    • By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia ; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.
  • * 1982 , Saving Amelia Earhart ,The Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Fiction, ISBN 0814316956 page 66:
    • We must have heard it first on the battery radio, the news about Amelia' Earhart, lost over the ocean. - - - Air Heart, I saw it spelled, ' Amelia ... a name like a soft, bold bird.

    See also

    * Alma * Amy * Emily

    emmy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of (Emily) or (Emma).

    Alternative forms

    * Emmie

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of Emily and Emma, also used as a female given name.

    • Etymology 2

    (Emmy Award) Chosen as a feminine-sounding derivation of (immy), a nickname for the image orthicon tubes used in early television cameras.

    Noun

  • (en noun)
  • (trademark) An award given for television production.
    • English diminutives of female given names ----