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Dave vs Dace - What's the difference?

dave | dace |

As a verb dave

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

As a proper noun dace is

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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

    dace

    English

    (wikipedia dace)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The shoal-forming fish common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales.
  • * 1949 , (George Orwell), (Nineteen Eighty-Four) , p28
    • Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees.
  • (US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.

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