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Gabriel vs Houdini - What's the difference?

gabriel | houdini |

As proper nouns the difference between gabriel and houdini

is that gabriel is while houdini is the magician and escape artist.

As a noun houdini is

an escape artist.

As a verb houdini is

to vanish, or escape a difficult situation quickly.

gabriel

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1629 , , Meditations upon Creed , The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
    • 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.
  • * 1986 , , Gabriel's Lament , Viking (1987), ISBN 0670816566, page 20:
    • "I'm the only Gabriel' in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet ' Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember.
  • An archangel associated, in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
  • * :
    • Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel , whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
  • * :
    • And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

    • Related terms

    * pet form: Gabe * female given names: Gabriela, Gabriella, Gabrielle

    houdini

    English

    (wikipedia Houdini)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The magician and escape artist .

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An escape artist.

    • Usage notes

    * Used attributively, as in *: A delighted Thurlow described his performance as "a real Houdini act". – (BBC news report)

    Verb

  • to vanish, or escape a difficult situation quickly.
  • * 2008 , Anthony A. von Dessauer, Victoria , Lulu.com, page 97:
    • “Hey! Let’s go see what the others are up too,” he suggested and Houdinied his way out from between the counter and Lorilei before fleeing to the hallway.
  • * 2009 , Tony Esposito, Don’t Ever Leave This Country , AuthorHouse, page 197:
    • While she Houdinied out of the sheets she seesawed upright to a sitting position, then, free, she sprang to her feet, her spiffy breasts not the least bit fazed by her thunky dismount.
  • * 2012 , Jennie Ketcham, I Am Jennie , Gallery Books, page 340:
    • Friends: to those I Houdini-ed , those I ran away from, those I lied to, took advantage of, or abused in any sort of way, I am sorry.