Arab vs Hebrew - What's the difference?
arab | hebrew |
Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
, volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A Semitic person, whose antecedents were from Arabia
An inhabitant of Arabia
A member of an Arabic-speaking community
A particular breed of horse.
Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
The writing system used in Hebrew language.
As adjectives the difference between arab and hebrew
is that arab is (l), arabic while hebrew is of or pertaining to the hebrew people or language.As nouns the difference between arab and hebrew
is that arab is (l) while hebrew is a member or descendant of a semitic people claiming descent from abraham, isaac, and jacob.As a proper noun hebrew is
the semitic language spoken by the hebrew people.arab
English
Usage notes
The second pronunciation (with a long "a" sound) is derogatory and used only in the sense of a person.Adjective
(-)Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}
