Brad vs Dave - What's the difference?
brad | dave |
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:
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.
A diminutive of the male given name David.
* 1994 , The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays , Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, page 169, 170:
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)- 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.
Derived terms
* bradawlAnagrams
* (l) * (l) * (l) ----dave
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- 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.