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Donna vs Deborah - What's the difference?

donna | deborah |

As a noun donna

is .

As a proper noun deborah is

the modern english style spelling of biblical.

donna

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
  • * 1837 , Thomas Tod Stoddart, Angling reminiscences (page 65)
    • What are the songs of Italy, sung as they are by the donnas of the scenic board, but a replication of squalls and quavers, infinitely more annoying than the gibberish of crones
  • * 2005 , Burton D. Fisher, Mozart's Don Giovanni , page 22
    • In Don Giovanni's three female characters, the diverse spectrum of womanhood is rendered complete: the great opera seria character of the avenging Donna' Anna, the sentimental and spurned ' Donna Elvira, and the crafty but sympathetic peasant girl Zerlina.

    Synonyms

    * (lady) lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman

    Coordinate terms

    * (lady) don

    deborah

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (as a given name) Debra, Debora

    Proper noun

    (Deborahs)
  • A judge of Israel; a nurse of Rebecca.
  • * :
    • And Deborah , a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
  • , popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK.
  • * 1851 James Brayshay: The Protector of Houghall, Or the Lily and the Rose . Groombridge and Sons, 1851. Act I:
    • Rapier''. Heigho! Deborah'''! it's an ugly name, a damnable name - the name I mean! - it sounds like Gomorrah! Deb! Debby! - worse still - sounded sharp now I rather like it! - ' Deborah! Deborah! Deborah!
  • * 1995 Carl Hiaasen: Stormy Weather . Alfred A.Knopf,Inc. ISBN 0679419829 page 256:
    • He hadn't known, for example, that her middle name was Deborah'. It was a name he liked: plucky, Midwestern and reliable-sounding. He was willing to bet that if you went through every women's prison in America, you wouldn't find a half-dozen ' Deborahs .

    Related terms

    * Deb * Debbie * Debby