Eric vs Michael - What's the difference?
eric | michael |
A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
* 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess , Faber & Faber 1999, p. 18:
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* 1629 , , Meditations upon Creed'', ''The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862) , volume 3, page 212:
* 2008 , , The Northern Clemency , Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799, page 498:
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending Israel in the tribulation.
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In given name|male|lang=fr terms the difference between eric and michael
is that eric is , cognate to eric while michael is , a variant of michel, popular in the end of the 20th century.As proper nouns the difference between eric and michael
is that eric is , cognate to eric while michael is , a variant of michel, popular in the end of the 20th century.eric
English
Noun
(en noun)- The court-poets of Wales [...] could demand an eric of ‘nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides’.
References
* OED 2nd edition 1989Anagrams
*michael
English
Etymology 1
From Vulgate (etyl) Michael, Michahel, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* MichaellProper noun
(en proper noun)- Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel'' or ''Michael , giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
- He works in the steelworks, the boyfriend, on the factory floor. I'd say that was quite unusual, he's called Michael'. Insists on that, he does, not being called Mike or Micky or Mick, pretends not to hear you, then, "No, my name's actually ' Michael ."
- And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.
- And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.