Hannah vs Edward - What's the difference?
hannah | edward |
Mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament.
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* 1959 , Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories , Houghton Mifflin 1959, page 116
* 2002 (Kate Atkinson), Not the End of the World , Doubleday, ISBN 0385604726, page 33:
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* 1605 William Camden: Remains Concerning Britain . John Russell Smith, 1870. p.77:
* 1765 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy , Book IV, Chapter 8:
* 1994 , The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays , Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, page 169:
As proper nouns the difference between hannah and edward
is that hannah is mother of the prophet samuel in the old testament while edward is .hannah
English
Proper noun
(s)- Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah , why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am I not better to thee than ten sons?
- "What about Hannah Schreiber?"
- He smiled, flashing some gold in his mouth. "How do you like that name? She was only a girl, but she had an old lady's name. - - -
- She could buy pretty clothes for a girl and plait her hair with ribbons. And she could call her a nice, old-fashioned, middle-class name like Sarah or Emma or Hannah .
edward
English
(wikipedia Edward)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- The Christian humility of King Edward the Confessour brought such credit to this name, that since that time it hath been most usual in all estates.
- Heaven is my witness! that in the warmest transport of my wishes for the prosperity of my child, I never once wished to crown his head with more glory and honour than what George or Edward would have spread around it.
- There's a world of difference between the name Edward , which sounds rather regal and stuffy (Edwardian) and the name Eddie, which sounds like a guy on the bus.