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angel | christopher |

As proper nouns the difference between angel and christopher

is that angel is while christopher is .

angel

English

(wikipedia angel)

Alternative forms

* aynjel (Jamaican English)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.
  • (Abrahamic tradition) The lowest order of angels, below virtues.
  • A selfless person.
  • You made me breakfast in bed, you little angel .
  • (military slang) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
  • Climb to angels sixty.
  • An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
  • A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
  • * Bible, Rev. ii. 1
  • Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write.
  • (obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • (historical) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
  • Synonyms

    *

    Hyponyms

    * cherub, minion, power, principality, seraph, throne

    Derived terms

    * angel's dram * angelfish * angelic * angel of death * angel of mercy * angelology * archangel * guardian angel * fallen angel

    Descendants

    * Hawaiian:

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To support by donating money.
  • * {{quote-journal, year=1984
  • , title=American Magazine , volume=118 citation , page=88 , passage=You've got to come to Chicago to meet Duell, and see Wilson, who's going to angel the show.}}

    Anagrams

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    christopher

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1594 William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew : Induction, Scene II:
  • Am not I Christopher Sly, old Sly's son, of Burtonheath; by birth a pedlar, by education a card-maker, by transmutation a bear-herd, and now by present profession a tinker?
  • * 1934 , The Nine Tailors :
  • - - - a baby, which also happened to fall due, was baptized "Paul" ( for the church ) "Christopher'" ( because St. ' Christopher had to do with rivers and ferries ), the Rector strenuously resisting the parents' desire to call it "Van Weyden Flood".