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Daie vs Dave - What's the difference?

daie | dave |

As a noun daie

is an archaic spelling of day.

As a proper noun Dave is

a diminutive of the male given name David.

As a verb dave is

to assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).

daie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1594, author=Christopher Marlowe, title=Massacre at Paris, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=O graunt sweet God my daies may end with hers, That I with her may dye and live againe.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1601, author=Robert Yarington, title=A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV., chapter=Two Lamentable Tragedies, edition= citation
    • , passage=Go downe and see; pray God my man keep close; If he prove long-tongd then my daies are done.}}

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    dave

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name David.
  • * 1994 , The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays , Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, page 169, 170:
    • David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave' just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is ' Dave , the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap.

    Related terms

    * Davey * Davie

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    * * * English diminutives of male given names