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Barbie vs Theresa - What's the difference?

barbie | theresa |

As proper nouns the difference between barbie and theresa

is that barbie is a diminutive of the female given name barbara while theresa is , an alteration of teresa, first used in spain, supposedly derived from the (etyl) name of the island of thera in greece.

As a noun barbie

is a proportionally very thin, tall plastic doll figure of a woman, approximately one foot tall.

barbie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Short form of barbecue.

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    theresa

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    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , an alteration of Teresa, first used in Spain, supposedly derived from the (etyl) name of the island of Thera in Greece.
  • * 1810 , Tales of real life: forming a sequel to miss Edgeworth's Tales of fashionable life (Henry Colburn, London), volume 1, page 72:
    • "Theresa'!" exclaimed the stranger, "is your name ' Theresa ?" asked she, a death-like paleness at the same time overspreading her countenance.
    "Is this name so frightful to you?" enquired the recluse.
    "Frightful!" rejoined the stranger, "O, no, I venerate it, like the name of a saint. I had once an unknown friend, whose name was Theresa .
  • * 1976 , Anne Tyler: Searching for Caleb (Berkley Books, New York, 1983, ISBN 0-425-09876-1), page 7:
    • "Theresa ,", he said. "I never cared for that name."
    Justine nodded, chewing.
    "I don't like difficult names. I don't like foreignness."
    "Perhaps they're Catholic," Justine said.

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