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Ashley vs Lily - What's the difference?

ashley | lily |

As proper nouns the difference between ashley and lily

is that ashley is a common English place name while Lily is {{given name|female|from=English}}. Popular around 1900 and currently returning to favor.

As a noun lily is

any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.

As an adjective lily is

white .

ashley

English

Alternative forms

* Ashlee * Ashleigh * Ashlie

Proper noun

(s)
  • A common English place name.
  • derived from the places.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • * 1936 Margaret Mitchell: Gone With the Wind : Chapter III:
    • 'There now, Scarlett! You admit it is true. What would you be doing with a husband like Ashley ? 'Tis moonstruck they all are, all the Wilkes.'
  • transferred from the surname.
  • * 1999 Andrew Pyper: Lost Girls : Chapter Ten:
    • But when Krystal McConnell and Ashley Flynn were named deep in the heart of the '80s the thing was cuteness, feminine delicacy raised to an aesthetic paradigm. --- And everyone named according to a particular version of the pedigree fantasy. Ashley'' : transplanted Southern privilege, a destiny lying in sorority mixers and a marriage of health club memberships, state-of-the-art appliances and night courses in ''nouvelle cuisine .

    Usage notes

    * Ashley was originally a male given name, but since the sixties it has also been given to women, particularly in the US, where it was the top name for girls in 1991 and 1992.

    Anagrams

    * English unisex given names

    lily

    English

    (wikipedia lily)

    Noun

    (lilies)
  • Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
  • Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
  • (heraldiccharge) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
  • The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
  • * (rfdate) Sir Thomas Browne
    • But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * arum lily * belladonna lily * calla lily * cobra lily * day lily * Easter lily * fawn lily * lily of the field * lily of the valley * Mariposa lily * palm lily * rock lily * spider lily * star lily * tiger lily * trout lily * water lily

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).
  • * 1994 , Colleen Faulkner, Captive
    • "Can't you see I'm trying to save your lily ass?" "I don't want to be saved," Tess moaned as he hauled her up and into his lap with one beefy hand.

    Anagrams

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