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Dave vs Russ - What's the difference?

dave | russ |

As a verb dave

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

As a noun russ is

a horse (equine mammal).

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

    russ

    English

    Etymology 1

    Diminutive of Russell.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

    • See also

    * Rus

    Etymology 2

    Etymology

    From (etyl) Russe etc., from (etyl) . Compare more recent Rus.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dated) Of or relating to the Russians.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (dated, rare, poetic) A Russian.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (dated) The Russian language.

    • Anagrams

    * (Webster 1913)