Timothy vs Anthony - What's the difference?
timothy | anthony |
Either of two books in the New Testament () which are epistles to Timothy.
A companion of Paul mentioned in the Bible.
of biblical origin, also borne by early Christian saints.
, in regular use since the Middle Ages.
* 1922 , The Beautiful and Damned :
* 1952 Thomas Pyles, Words and Ways of American English , Random House, page 245:
* 1955 (Joseph Heller), Catch-22 , Chapter Five:
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As a noun timothy
is , native to europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in us.As a proper noun anthony is
, in regular use since the middle ages.timothy
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Proper noun
(en proper noun) (Timothy)Quotations
* : *: Unto Timothy , my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. * 1867 , Shoemakers' Village , Strahan 1871, pages 89-90: *: The name Timothy' was an inspiration of Cherry's own. - - - "Now then, '''TIMOTHY'''!" and this she said with a rapid ''forte crescendo'' movement which made her mother laugh and also with a jerk which spilt the milk on the little one's forehead. "Well, mother," says Cherry gaily, "I've christened him at all events." And ' Timothy being a distinctive name, and a scriptural one, it was retained as the appellative of this mite, * 1932 , The Christopher Robin Verses : Cradle Song: *: O Timothy' Tim / Has ten pink toes, / And ten pink toes / Has ' Timothy Tim.anthony
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* AntonyProper noun
(en proper noun)- "...Think you've got the best name I've heard," she was saying. - - "Anthony' Patch. Only you ought to look sort of like a horse, with a long narrow face - and you ought to be in tatters." "That's the Patch part though. How should '''Anthony''' look?" "You look like ' Anthony ," she assured him seriously - he thought she had scarcely seen him - "rather majestic," she continued, " and solemn."
- It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony'' , a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like ''Stephen'', ''Peter'', ''Michael , etc., in this country.
- She was built like a dream and wore a chain around her neck with a medal of Saint Anthony' hanging down inside the most beautiful bosom I never saw. "It must be a terrible temptation for Saint '''Anthony'''," I joked - just to put her at ease, you know. "Saint '''Anthony'''?" her husband said. "Who's Saint ' Anthony ?"