Edward vs Eden - What's the difference?
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* 1605 William Camden: Remains Concerning Britain . John Russell Smith, 1870. p.77:
* 1765 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy , Book IV, Chapter 8:
* 1994 , The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays , Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, page 169:
(biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia
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(by extension) A paradise on Earth; a state of innocence
Various place names
, probably derived from a place name.
* 1896 , H G Wells, The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham
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* 1986 Barbara Vine ( =Ruth Rendell): A Dark-Adapted Eye : page 35:
A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
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As a proper noun edward
is .As a noun eden is
eden (earthly paradise).edward
English
(wikipedia Edward)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- The Christian humility of King Edward the Confessour brought such credit to this name, that since that time it hath been most usual in all estates.
- Heaven is my witness! that in the warmest transport of my wishes for the prosperity of my child, I never once wished to crown his head with more glory and honour than what George or Edward would have spread around it.
- There's a world of difference between the name Edward , which sounds rather regal and stuffy (Edwardian) and the name Eddie, which sounds like a guy on the bus.
Derived terms
{{der3, Ed , Eddie , Eddy , Ned , Ted , Teddie , Teddy}}Anagrams
* ----eden
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , perhaps from (etyl) e-den "Steppe, garden".Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- It was no good. I felt beyond all question that I was indeed Eden , not Elvesham. But Eden in Elvesham's body!
- We call Edith Eden now because that is what she called herself before she could pronounce 'th'. It is rather a lovely name, I think. Edith sounds like someone's old aunt. I can't think why Mother and Father chose it.