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Ellen vs Amy - What's the difference?

ellen | amy |

As a proper noun ellen

is .

As a noun amy is

friend.

ellen

English

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* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Zeal.
  • (obsolete) Strength; courage.
  • (theology) Strength vouchsafed; comfort; grace.
  • Derived terms

    * (l) ----

    amy

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • .
  • * 1886 Hubert Hall: Society in the Elizabethan Age . Kessinger Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0766139743 page 94:
  • The Dame Anne Dudley, mentioned in a contemporary record, was Leicester's first wife, the unfortunate Amy' Robsart. It may be noticed, in passing, that the name '''Amy - presuming that it occurs in contemporary manuscripts of authority - is an extremely rare one. It is obvious how easily the name ''Aime might be read for Anne.
  • * 1975 Derek Marlowe: Nightshade . Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. page 7:
  • As a child, Amy' could have been drawn by Millais, if he was inclined - the name ' Amy is deceptively apt - but though the plumpness remains, not much but some, the ringlets have gone to be replaced by curls of the colour of cinnamon.
  • * 1999 Susan Butler, Lawrence Butler: East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart. ISBN 0306808870 page 5:
  • As Amy' had been baptized Amelia ( but always called ' Amy ) after her mother, now her daughter, too, was baptized Amelia.

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