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Dave vs Maureen - What's the difference?

dave | maureen |

As proper nouns the difference between dave and maureen

is that dave is a diminutive of the male given name David while Maureen is {{given name|female|from=Irish}}.

As a verb dave

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

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

    Anagrams

    * * * English diminutives of male given names

    maureen

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
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  • * 2000 , Lip Reading , Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 1861053592, page 12
    • I am Maureen' because Uncle Louis liked the film star '''Maureen''' O'Hara. Fine. The fact that a small sallow baby born in Hull was unlikly to grow up into a flame-haired temptress with flashing green eyes and the cleavage the size of Galway was neither here or there. '''Maureen''' I became. Or ''Marine'' on the other side of the Atlantic. Also no-one in our house could foresee that since my father's name was Maurice I would be constantly called, with mounting frustration, 'Mauri-Morry-' Maureen !'