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drake | josh |

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).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A male duck.
  • Derived terms
    * ducks and drakes * sheldrake

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) and (etyl) Drache.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mayfly used as fishing bait.
  • A dragon.
  • * J. A. Harrison
  • Beowulf resolves to kill the drake .
  • (historical) A small piece of artillery.
  • * Clarendon
  • Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes , made them stagger.
    Synonyms
    * (mayfly) drake fly
    Derived terms
    * earthdrake * firedrake * icedrake * nithedrake] * seadrake

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (nb-noun-m1)
  • a dragon
  • a kite
  • References

    * ----

    josh

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun) (wikipedia Josh)
  • A diminutive form of the male given name Joshua.
  • A city mentioned in the Book of Mormon
  • References

    * Definition 2: * Definition 2: English diminutives of male given names