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Eli vs Jake - What's the difference?

eli | jake |

As a proper noun eli

is ; eli.

As a noun jake is

collar.

As an interjection jake is

come.

eli

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) ; cognate to the Arabic-derived Ali.

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • of Biblical origin.
  • The priest who brought up Samuel.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A student at Yale University.
    • Synonyms
    * Yalie

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    jake

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
  • *1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 126:
  • *:‘What do you care? Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake .’

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A juvenile male turkey.
  • * 1998 , Jerome B Robinson, In the Turkey Woods
    • The spring turkey woods are occupied by roaming bands of jakes — year-old males with strong mating urges but inferior body size.