Cecilia vs Porter - What's the difference?
cecilia | porter |
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* 1694 (Joseph Addison), A Song for St. Cecilia's Day :
* 1854 (Charles Dickens), :
* 1928 Lynn Montross, Silent Minstrel , in (American Magazine), Vol. 106, page 14:
A person who carries luggage and related objects.
A person in control of the entrance to a building.
In the bowling industry, an employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters, similar to a stout but less strong.
(Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
(computing) One who ports software (converts it to another platform).
As proper nouns the difference between cecilia and porter
is that cecilia is {{given name|female|from=Latin|}} while Porter is {{surname}.As a noun porter is
a person who carries luggage and related objects.As a verb porter is
to serve as a porter, to carry.cecilia
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Hark how the flutes and trumpets raise / At bright Cecilia' s name, their lays!
- ‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia'.’ ‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey. ‘Then he has no business to do it,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Tell him he mustn’t. ' Cecilia Jupe. Let me see. What is your father?’
- Because they had named her Cecilia , her parents fancied that the matter of her life and character had been fairly well settled. She would, of course, be quiet and pale and mystical, like the saint whose picture hung above the old upright piano in the Kirby living-room.
porter
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) portour, from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.