As verbs the difference between carl and steve
is that carl is to snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly while steve is to pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.
As proper nouns the difference between carl and steve
is that carl is a given name derived from Germanic while Steve is a diminutive of Steven and Stephen, also used as a formal male given name.
As a noun carl
is a rude, rustic man; a churl.
carl
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) carl, from (etyl)
Noun
(
en noun)
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
* 1974', In Lent noblemen and '''carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves. — Guy Davenport, ''Tatlin!
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain.
Alternative forms
* carle
Verb
(
en verb)
(obsolete) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
*, New York 2001, p.210:
*:full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […].
Anagrams
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steve
English
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
A diminutive of Steven and Stephen, also used as a formal male given name.
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Quotations
*
1989 Ann Beattie:
Picturing Will , Random House, ISBN 0394569873, page 67:
*: His first name was probably
Steve' or Ed. No, there were no more ' Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael.
*
1956 :
Peyton Place , UPNE, 1999, ISBN 1555534007, Book Three,Chapter 13,
*: Allison made a careful note of the address and within the hour she had met, decided she liked, and moved in with a girl of twenty who called herself
Steve Wallace.
*: "Don't call me Stephanie",
Steve had said. "I don't know why it should, but being called Stephanie always makes me feel like something pale and dull out of Jane Austen."
English diminutives of male given names
