Anon vs Peter - What's the difference?
anon | peter |
(archaic) Straightway; at once.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
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* {{quote-book, year = 1866
, author = Algernon Swinburne
, authorlink = Algernon Swinburne
, title = After death
, section = lines 47–50
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Soon; in a little while.
* {{quote-book, year = 1598
, author = John Stow
, authorlink = John Stow
, title = A Suruay of London
, ol = 18584211M
, passage = for as much as the same consisteth not in the extreames, but in a verie mediocritie of wealth and riches, as it shall better appeare anone .
, transliteration = forasmuch as the same consisteth not in the extremes, but in a very mediocrity of wealth and riches, as it shall better appear anon .
}}
At another time; then; again.
* {{quote-book, year = 1593
, author = William Shakespeare
, authorlink = William Shakespeare
, title =
, ol = 18594545M
}}
An anonymous person, especially an author
* 1904 , Thomas Wright, The Life of Edward Fitzgerald , vol. 1, page 94
* 1940 , , "Anon".
* 2004 , Jane Milling, Peter Thomson, Joseph W. Donohue, Baz Kershaw, The Cambridge History of British Theatre , page 207
* 2006 , J. Michael Walton, Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English , page 185
A work with an unknown author
* 1984 , Helen Hooven Santmyer, "...And Ladies of the Club" , page 214
A work without a title
anonymous
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* 1911 , Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, Chapter I
* 1933 , Over the Garden Wall ,Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")
The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
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(biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, attributed to St. Peter.
As nouns the difference between anon and peter
is that anon is young donkey, donkey foal while peter is (hypocoristic slang ) the penis.As a verb peter is
(most often used in the phrase peter out) to dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.anon
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), from on (in) + an (one). See on and one.Adverb
(-)- CALIBAN: Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon , / I know it by thy trembling: now Prosper works upon thee.
- But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- The dead man answered thus:
- “What good gift shall God give us?”
- The boards answered him anon :
- “Flesh to feed hell's worm upon.”
- Sometimes he trots, as if he told the steps,
- With gentle majesty and modest pride;
- Anon he rears upright, curvets and leaps,
- As who should say, lo! thus my strength is try'd...
Derived terms
* ever and anon * still and anonEtymology 2
From (anonymous), by shorteningNoun
(en noun)- Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons
- Every body shared in the emotion of Anons' [''sic''] song .... ' Anon is sometimes man, sometimes woman....
- Indeed, virtually every known playwright (and probably most of those 'anons' ) occupied some position in one or more of the patronage networks
- those identified by initials only and the 'Anons' (some of whom are here unmasked)
- On the floor again she came upon a couple of "Anons " and frowned at them: Ought We to Visit Her'' and ''Cast Away in The Cold . Those would certainly do very well on the top shelf.
Adjective
(-)peter
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun) (Epistle of Peter)- She knew of no Peter , and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.
- 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 Raymond like the Harvest Moon, / And Peter like a piper's tune,
- And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter , and upon this rock I will build my church;