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Cyril vs Cecil - What's the difference?

cyril | cecil |

As proper nouns the difference between cyril and cecil

is that cyril is ; best known for a ninth century missionary to the slavs while cecil is .

cyril

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • ; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
  • * 1954 , Over Seventy: An Autobiography with Digressions , Herbert Jenkins (1957), page 35:
    • Boxers, too, not so long ago a somewhat uncouth section of the community who were seldom if ever mistaken for members of the Vere de Vere family, have taken on a polish which makes their society a pleasure. They have names like Cyril and Percy and Clarence and live up to them.

    Derived terms

    * Cyrillic

    See also

    * Cyrillus * Cyryl * Kiril * Kirill * Kiryl * Kyrill * Kyril

    Anagrams

    * ----

    cecil

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

    • Quotations

    * 1968 , Let the Balloon Go , Methuen, page 91: *: John Sumner always called him "Sissy" but other kids called him Cecil or See-sal or Weasil. He didn't mind anything except "Sissy". Every time he heard it he saw red.

    References

    Related terms

    * Cecilia