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Asher vs Asper - What's the difference?

asher | asper |

As nouns the difference between asher and asper

is that asher is a member of the alt.suicide.holiday newsgroup, which deals with the topics of suicide and depression while asper is rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

As a proper noun Asher

is eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.

As an adjective asper is

rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.

asher

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (biblical) Eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
  • (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher.

    • Quotations

    * 1611 , 35:22b-26 *: Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher : these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. * 1611 , 21:30 *: And out of the tribe of Asher , Mishal with her suburbs Abdon ith her suburbs,

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    asper

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) aspre (modern .

    Alternative forms

    * aspre

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • An asper sound.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (phonetics) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) aspre or (etyl) aspro, both from (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * aspron

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
  • * , I.40:
    • And for ten Aspers you shall daily finde some amongst them, that will give themselves a deepe gash with a Scimitarie, either in their armes or thighes.

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