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Gay vs European - What's the difference?

gay | european |

As nouns the difference between gay and european

is that gay is nape while european is european.

As a verb gay

is to crow.

As an adjective european is

european.

gay

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
  • from the word gay, "joyful"; rare today.
  • . Also a shortened form of Gabriel, Gaylord and similar names, or transferred from the surname.
  • * 1992 , Unto the Sons , Ballantine Books 1993, ISBN 0804110336, page 15
    • - - - my father's father, Gaetano Talese ( whose name I inherited after my birth in 1932, in the anglicized from of "Gay "), was an atypically fearless traveler,
  • * 2004 , Bad Dirt , Fourth Estate, ISBN 0007196911, page 32
    • "Mr Gay Brawls. What a name."
    "It didn't use to mean what it means now. Plenty were named Gay'. Even in Nevada. Was old ' Gay Pitch had a gas station in Winnemucca. Nobody thought nothin about it and he raised a railroad car of kids.- - -

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    european

    English

    (wikipedia European)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (archaic) * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Related to (l) or the (l).
  • white (ethnicity)
    • Stamps like this were common on furniture made in Australia in the 1st half of last century, when there were a number of Chinese furniture makers in Australia who were seen as competition to 'European Australian' makers.
    AUSTRALIAN MID-CENTURY FURNITURE. http://www.ohtel.com/about/furniture

    Hypernyms

    * Eurasian

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * European Central Bank * European Commission * European Commissioner * European option * European Parliament * European radish * European Union

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • person living or originating from Europe
  • person who resides within the (l)