Drake vs Josh - What's the difference?
drake | josh |
A mayfly used as fishing bait.
A dragon.
* J. A. Harrison
(historical) A small piece of artillery.
* Clarendon
A diminutive form of the male given name Joshua.
A city mentioned in the Book of Mormon
As nouns the difference between drake and josh
is that drake is a male duck while josh is good natured banter.As proper nouns the difference between drake and josh
is that drake is {{surname|from=nicknames}}, notably of Francis Drake (1540-1596) while Josh is a diminutive form of the male given name Joshua.As a verb josh is
to tease someone in a kindly fashion.drake
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Derived terms
* ducks and drakes * sheldrakeEtymology 2
From (etyl) and (etyl) Drache.Noun
(en noun)- Beowulf resolves to kill the drake .
- Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes , made them stagger.