Anton vs Aaron - What's the difference?
anton | aaron |
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* 2011 , Lasting Damage , Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 978 0340980651, page 78:
The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.
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* 1969 , Portnoy's Complaint , Random House, 2002, page 145:
As proper nouns the difference between anton and aaron
is that anton is a given name derived from Latin while Aaron is the elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.anton
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- 'As far as I'm concerned, he's Benjamin Rigby,' said Kit, after the first time we met him. 'He seems like a decent baby and he deserves a decent name. Not that his father's got one, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.' Kit thinks it's only acceptable to 'go around calling yourself Anton' , as he puts it, if you're Spanish, Mexican or Colombian, or if you're a hairdresser or a professional ice-skater.
aaron
English
Proper noun
(Aarons)- And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.
- - - - the Junior Prom with boys whose names are right out of the grade-school reader, not Aaron and Arnold and Marvin, but Johnny and Billy and Jimmy and Tod. Not Portnoy or Pincus, but Smith and Jones and Brown!