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Donna vs Diane - What's the difference?

donna | diane |

As nouns the difference between donna and diane

is that donna is while diane is reveille.

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

    diane

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • . Popular in the middle of the 20th century.

    • Derived terms

    * steak Diane

    Quotations

    * 1979 Penelope Mortimer: About Time . Allan Lane 1979. ISBN 0713912367 page 83: *: Oddly enough, there was a woman involved. I remember nothing about her except her name: Diane'. It was an improbable name in connection with Bertie, particularly in the wilds of Kent. However, ' Diane was there.

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