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Epithet vs Carmel - What's the difference?

epithet | carmel |

As nouns the difference between epithet and carmel

is that epithet is a term used to characterize a person or thing while carmel is (us|uncommon|nonstandard).

epithet

English

Noun

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  • A term used to characterize a person or thing.
  • A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
  • An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, title=The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity?, author=Eric L. Goldstein
    • , passage=Part of this process was the elaboration of new terms for the Jew, especially the increasingly popular epithet “kike”.}}
  • (biology) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.

    • Synonyms

    * (descriptive substitute) cognomen

    carmel

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A mountain range in Israel.
  • * : 1 Kings 18:20:
    • So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel .
  • from the Roman Catholic epithet of Virgin Mary at Mount Carmel.
  • A city in Indiana.
  • A city, valley and river located in Monterey County, California, United States.
  • One name for the mission located in Monterey County, California.
  • The native people of this Monterey region.
  • The native language spoken in this Monterey region.

    • Synonyms

    * (mission) San Carlos * (people) Rumsen, Rumsien, San Carlos, Carmeleno * (language) Rumsen, Rumsien, San Carlos, Carmeleno

    Derived terms

    * Carmeleno * Carmelite

    External links

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    References

    * Fink, Augusta. Monterey, The Presence of the Past. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1972. ISBN 0877010723. * Kroeber, Alfred L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California''. Washington, D.C: ''Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. * Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. ISBN 0-87919-141-4.

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