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Brad vs Dave - What's the difference?

brad | dave |

As an adjective brad

is sudden, fast, busy, full of hurry.

As a verb dave is

to assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).

brad

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
  • * 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 5:
  • Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch.
  • A , a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
  • Derived terms

    * bradawl

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) * (l) ----

    dave

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name David.
  • * 1994 , The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays , Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, page 169, 170:
  • David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave' just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is ' Dave , the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap.