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Heidi vs Heather - What's the difference?

heidi | heather |

As proper nouns the difference between heidi and heather

is that heidi is while heather is .

heidi

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1983 , The Little Drummer Girl , Pan Books, ISBN 0330282565, page 142:
  • "Heidi'?" Kurtz echoed. "'''''Heidi'''''? That's a damned odd name for an English elder sister, isn't it?" "Not for '''Heidi''', it isn't," she replied buoyantly, and scored an immediate laugh from the kids beyond the lighting. '''Heidi''' because her parents went to Switzerland for their honeymoon, she explained; and Switzerland was where ' Heidi was conceived. "Among the edelweiss," she added, with a sigh.
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  • , year=2012 , date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.}} ----

    heather

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) An evergreen plant, , with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
  • (botany) The Ericaceae family.
  • (botany) Various species of the genus Erica .
  • (botany) Various species of the genus Cassiope .
  • A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.
  • Synonyms

    * (Calluna vulgaris) ling

    Derived terms

    * bell heather * heather grass * heather mixture

    See also

    (other terms of interest) * briar * ericaceous * hypericum * marsh andromeda * whortleberry * * (wikipedia "heather") * (Ericaceae) * (commonslite)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a purple colour with a tint with pink and blue.
  • Anagrams

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