Chad vs Clad - What's the difference?
chad | clad |
. Also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names
(British) The British version of the "Kilroy was here" graffiti.
To clothe.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
To cover with insulation.
(clad)
(archaic) (clothe)
As a proper noun Chad
is a given name derived from Old English. Also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.As a noun chad
is small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, punched cards, paper tape etc.As a verb clad is
to clothe.chad
English
(wikipedia Chad)Etymology 1
(etyl) Ceadda, of obscure meaning; name of a seventh century saint, revived in the 20th century.Proper noun
(en proper noun)Quotations
* 1993 , Devil's Waltz , Random House 1998, ISBN 0345460715, page 26: *: "What else? Anyway, here's the genealogy: Charles Junior's only son is Charles the Third - like royalty. He goes by Chip - Cassie's daddy. The mom is Cindy. The dead son was Chad - Charles the Fourth." *: "All Cs," I said. "Sounds like they like order." * 1995 , The Black Album , Faber and Faber, ISBN 0571150861, pages 88, 90 *: 'He used to be called Trevor Buss.' *: 'Chad ? I don't believe you.' - - - *: 'He changed his name into Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah.' *: 'No!' *: 'He'd insist on the whole name. He played football and his mates got fed up saying, "Pass the ball, Muhammad Shahabuddin Ali-Shah" - - - No one passed to him. So he became Chad .' English diminutives of male given namesEtymology 2
Believed to be from (etyl) tsade ("lake", after )Hypernyms
*SubsaharaSee also
* ----clad
English
Verb
- The horse was clad with its best blanket.
- But what interested me most was the slender figure of a dainty girl, clad only in a thin bit of muslin which scarce covered her knees--a bit of muslin torn and ragged about the lower hem.