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Ariel vs Arial - What's the difference?

ariel | arial |

As proper nouns the difference between ariel and arial

is that ariel is a name for the city of Jerusalem while Arial is a sans serif typeface designed by Monotype as a cheaper substitute for Helvetica.

As a noun ariel

is misspelling of lang=en.

ariel

English

Alternative forms

* Arielle (for female name only)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (biblical) A name for the city of Jerusalem.
  • * :
  • Woe to Ariel', to ' Ariel , the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
  • , also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.
  • * :
  • Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel , for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
  • * :Scene 2:
  • All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come / To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, / To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride / On the curl'd clouds; to thy strong bidding task / Ariel and all his quality.
  • * 1667 :
  • Nor stood unmindful Abdiel to annoy / The Atheist crew, but with redoubl’d blow / Ariel and Arioc, and the violence / Of Ramiel scorcht and blasted overthrew.
  • * 1714 :
  • Of these am I, who thy Protection claim, / A watchful Sprite, and Ariel is my Name.
  • * 1979 , With Child , Crowell, ISBN 0690018355, page 121:
  • You don't look like a Daniel (your pre-chosen name). There's something fierce and tawny about you. You're the Lion! You're Ariel : God's Lion. You'll be my father Leon's namesake — and for your father, you'll have a Hebrew name.
    I dub thee Ariel , faery spirit of my tempest. You'll be my Jerusalem...
  • , used mainly since the 1980s.
  • * 1992 Kristina Logan, The Right Man for Loving , Thorndike Press, ISBN 1560545380, page 190:
  • "I'm going to name her Ariel ," Laura said, ignoring them completely as she stared down at the baby. "The boys like the name because it's the same as the girl in the Little Mermaid movie. And I like it, because it's pretty."
  • (astronomy) Name of the twelfth and brightest moon of the planet Uranus.
  • Derived terms

    * Arielian ----

    arial

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Arial) (head)
  • A sans serif typeface designed by as a cheaper substitute for Helvetica.