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Franklin vs Francis - What's the difference?

franklin | francis |

As a noun franklin

is (obsolete except historical) a freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking below the gentry.

As an adjective francis is

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franklin

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (1706-1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers.
  • transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
  • A town in Alabama
  • A town in Arkansas
  • A town in Connecticut
  • A village in Georgia, USA
  • A city in Idaho
  • A village in Illinois
  • A city in Indiana
  • A city in Iowa
  • A city in Kentucky
  • A city in Louisiana
  • A town in Maine
  • A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
  • A town in Massachusetts
  • A village in Michigan
  • A city in Minnesota
  • A city in Missouri
  • A city in Nebraska
  • A city in New Hampshire
  • A borough in New Jersey
  • One of two towns in New York
  • A town in North Carolina
  • A city in Ohio
  • A city in Pennsylvania
  • A municipality in Quebec
  • A township and a river in Tasmania
  • A city in Tennessee
  • A town in Vermont
  • A city in Virginia
  • A town in West Virginia
  • A city and a few towns in Wisconsin

    • Derived terms

    * Franklin stove

    See also

    * Frank

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, informal) A one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.

    • Synonyms

    * Benjamin ----

    francis

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act V, Scene III:
    • Saint Francis be my speed! how oft tonight / Have my old feet stumbled at graves!
  • * 1820 , Names , The Indicator, No. XVIII, February 9th, 1820:
    • Francis is one of the pleasantest names in use. It has a fine open air with it, - a sound correspondent to its sense.
  • * 2006 (Kate Atkinson), One Good Turn , Black Swan(2007), ISBN 9780552772440, page 454:
  • *:Francis had never been 'Frank' or 'Fran', he had always been called by his full name. It had lent him a certain dignity that he had possibly never earned.
  • , a rare spelling variant of Frances.
  • A ghost town in Nebraska.
  • A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • A town in Utah.

    • Related terms

    * Frances * Frank * Frauncis