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Ellie vs Laurel - What's the difference?

ellie | laurel |

As proper nouns the difference between ellie and laurel

is that ellie is a diminutive of the female given names eleanor and elizabeth, also used as a formal given name while laurel is from the plant laurel.

As a noun laurel is

(mormonism) a 16-17 year old participant in the young women organization of the lds church.

ellie

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor and Elizabeth, also used as a formal given name.
  • * 1998 , About A Boy , Victor Gollancz, 1998, ISBN 0575061596, page 285
  • "It's funny, because when Ellie was born, I really hoped she'd turn out like this, feisty and rebellious and loud and bright. That's why I called her Eleanor Toyah."
    "Is that something classical?" Fiona asked.
    "No, it's pop," said Will. Fiona laughed, although Will couldn't see why. "Toyah Wilcox."

    laurel

    English

    (wikipedia laurel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus , having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
  • A crown of laurel.
  • (figuratively, chiefly, in the plural) honor, distinction, fame.
  • to win laurels'''; to crown with '''laurels .
  • An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel
  • Derived terms

    * laurel water * laurel wreath * American laurel * California laurel * cherry laurel * great laurel * ground laurel * mountain laurel * New Zealand laurel * Portugal laurel * rose laurel * sheep laurel * spotted laurel * spurge laurel * West Indian laurel * rest on one's laurels

    Usage notes

    * The name is extended to other plants which in some respect resemble the true laurel.

    See also

    * Laurel and Hardy

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