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Carol vs Sarah - What's the difference?

carol | sarah |

As proper nouns the difference between carol and sarah

is that carol is , popular in the middle of the 20th century or carol can be while sarah is wife of patriarch abraham, mother of isaac.

carol

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A round dance accompanied by singing.
  • A song of joy.
  • * Dryden
  • the costly feast, the carol , and the dance
  • * 1908 ,
  • The sunshine struck hot on his fur, soft breezes caressed his heated brow, and after the seclusion of the cellarage he had lived in so long the carol of happy birds fell on his dulled hearing almost like a shout.
  • A religious song or ballad of joy.
  • They sang a Christmas carol .
  • * Keble
  • In the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
  • * Longfellow
  • I heard the bells on Christmas Day / Their old, familiar carol play.

    Verb

  • To sing in a joyful manner.
  • * Spenser
  • carol of love's high praise
  • * Beattie
  • The gray linnets carol from the hill.
  • To sing carols, especially Christmas carols in a group.
  • To praise or celebrate in song.
  • * Milton
  • The shepherds at their festivals / Carol her goodness.
  • To sing (a song) cheerfully.
  • * Prior
  • Hovering swans carol sounds harmonious.

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    sarah

    English

    (wikipedia Sarah)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Wife of patriarch Abraham, mother of Isaac.
  • * 1611 — 17:15
  • And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
  • * 1988 Margaret Atwood: Cat's Eye : page 15:
  • I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.

    Synonyms

    * (wife of Abraham): Sarai

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