Eugene vs Patrick - What's the difference?
eugene | patrick |
* 1796 , , After Blenheim
* 2000 , David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader . Cork University Press. ISBN 1859182585, page 8
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* 1594 William Shakespeare: Hamlet : Act I, Scene V :
* 1993 Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha : page 138:
As proper nouns the difference between eugene and patrick
is that eugene is , cognate to eugene while patrick is .eugene
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "Great praise the Duke of Marlb'ro' won / And our good Prince Eugene ." / "Why 'twas a very wicked thing!" / Said little Wilhelmine
- Eoghan (Owen) is frequently Eugene', and our own O'Curry, though he plucked up courage to prefix the O' to his name in later life, never discarded the ' Eugene , which, however, is far from being a monstrosity like most of our West-Britonized names
patrick
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Yes, by Saint Patrick , but there is, Horatio,
- And much offence, too.
- - Are unusual names nice?
- - Yes.
- - Then why am I called Patrick ?
- She laughed but only for a little bit. She smiled at me, I think to make sure that I knew she wasn't laughing at me.
- - Because your daddy's called Patrick , she said.
- I liked that, being called after my da.
- - There are five Patricks in our class, I said.
- - Is that right?
- - Patrick' Clarke. That's me. '''Patrick''' O'Neill. '''Patrick''' Redmond. '''Patrick''' Genocci. ' Patrick Flynn.
- - That's a lot, she said. - It's a nice name. Very dignified.
- - Three of them are called Paddy, I told her. - One Pat and one Patrick .