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Birthday vs Brother - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between birthday and brother

is that birthday is the anniversary of the day on which someone is born while brother is title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or fraternal order.

birthday

English

(wikipedia birthday)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
  • * 1867 , , Chapter 2: Treats Of Oliver Twist's Growth, Education, And Board,
    • Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference.
  • * 1903', '', The Fifth Surprise: The Monarch Celebrates His ' Birthday ,
    • One of the Wise Men said the King was born in February; another declared it was in May, and a third figured the great event happened in October. So the King issued a royal decree that he should have three birthdays' every year, in order to be on the safe side; and whenever he happened to think of it he put in an odd ' birthday or two for luck.
  • * 1906 , , Chapter 9: The pride of Perks,
    • "And we thought we'd make a nice birthday for him. He's been so awfully jolly decent to us, you know, Mother," said Peter, "and we agreed that next bun-day we'd ask you if we could."
  • * (editor), Diary of Cotton Mather , Volume 1: 1681-1708, footnote, page 1,
    • It was his custom to begin a new year's record on February 12, his birthday .
  • * 1921 June 4, ,
    • The King's Birthday , which occurred yesterday, will be officially observed to-day, and the customary list of honours conferred on the occasion is published.
  • The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
  • The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate' or '''date of birth .

    • Derived terms

    * birthday boy * birthday cake * birthday card * birthday girl * birthday honour * birthday suit * half birthday * happy birthday * rebirthday * unbirthday

    See also

    * name day * deathday 1000 English basic words

    brother

    English

    Alternative forms

    * brotha (Jamaican English)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Son of the same parents as another person.
  • * , chapter=10
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers .}}
  • A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
  • A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
  • * The Bible, Deuteronomy 23:19 (NKJV)
    • You shall not charge interest to your brother —interest on money or'' food ''or anything that is lent out at interest.
  • (African American Vernacular English) A black male.
  • * 2013 , Gwyneth Bolton, Ready for Love
    • But damn if they knew when to just leave a brother alone and let him sulk in silence.
  • Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
  • *
    • And, above all, no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers .

    Usage notes

    The plural “brethren” is not used for biological brothers in contemporary English (although it was in older usage). It is, however, still very common when meaning “members of a religious order”. It is also sometimes used in other figurative senses, e.g. “adherents of the same religion”, “countrymen”, and the like.

    Coordinate terms

    * (with regards to gender) sister

    Hypernyms

    * (son of common parents) sibling

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the noun "brother") * big brother/Big Brother * blood brother * bro * brother german * brother-in-arms * brother-in-law * Brother Jonathan * brothered * brotherhood * brotherlike * brotherly * bruv * bruvver * Christian Brother * co-brother * cousin brother/cousin-brother * everyone and their brother/everybody and their brother * foster brother/foster-brother * half brother/half-brother * lay brother * little brother * milk brother * soul brother * stepbrother/step-brother * uterine brother * Xaverian Brother

    Related terms

    * friar * fraternal * fraternity

    Descendants

    * Bahamian Creole: (l) * Belize Kriol English: (l) * Bislama: (l) * Cameroon Pidgin: * Gullah: (l) * Islander Creole English: (l) * Krio: (l) * Nicaraguan Creole: (l) * Nigerian Pidgin: (l) * Pichinglis: * Pijin: (l) * Portuguese: * Saramaccan: * Tok Pisin: (l), (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To treat as a brother.
  • * 1819 , Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
  • * Seest thou not we are overreached, and that our proposed mode of communicating with our friends without has been disconcerted by this same motley gentleman thou art so fond to brother ?

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
    • We're being forced to work overtime? Oh, brother !

    Statistics

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