Jerry vs Helen - What's the difference?
jerry | helen |
A nickname for Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, and similar male names; also used as a formal male given name.
A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn.
An old nickname for a chamber pot (also referred to as a potty) (Dated UK)
(Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
* 1602 William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida , Act I, Scene I
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* 1928 , The Mystery of the Blue Train
* 1993 , The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien , ISBN 0-14-023028-9, page 6:
* 2003 , A Share in Death'', HarperCollins, ISBN 0060534389, page 189
As proper nouns the difference between jerry and helen
is that jerry is a nickname for Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, and similar male names; also used as a formal male given name while Helen is the daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.As a noun jerry
is alternative case form of Jerry|lang=en derogatory: German.jerry
English
Etymology 1
Diminutive of Jeremy, Jerome, Gerald, Jerrold, Gerard, and related names.Proper noun
(en proper noun)Quotations
* 1970 Santha Rama Rau: The Adventuress . Harper&Row. page 157: *: - - - I, incidentally, am Jeremy Wilson, and anyone who abbreviates that to 'Jerry' does so at unspeakable peril." *: "Oh really?" Kay asked. "Why?" *: "Well, just a wartime hangover. We used to call the Germans 'Jerries'." *: "I don't know much about the German war."See also
* Geri * Gerri * GerryEtymology 2
By shortening of German . Originated during the First World War.Alternative forms
* jerry, geri, gerriUsage notes
* Used during World War II. Usage after World War II served as a reminder that the UK and Germany had been enemies.Synonyms
* Boche * Fritz * KrautDerived terms
* jerrycanhelen
English
Proper noun
(s)- Fools on both sides! Helen must needs be fair,
- When with your blood you daily paint her thus.
- "Is her name Ellen or Helen , Miss Viner? I thought - "
- Miss Viner closed her eyes.
- "I can sound my h's, dear, as well as anyone, but Helen is not a suitable name for a servant. I don't know what the mothers in the lower classes are coming to nowadays."
- - - - in 1910 she brought Helen' into the world, the little female, or "''mujercita''", as her mother called all the babies, naming her after the glittery label on a facial ointment, The ' Helen of Troy Beauty Pomade, said to eradicate wrinkles, to soften and add a youthful glow to the user's skin - a fortuitous choice because, of all the sisters, she would be the most beautiful and, never growing old, would always possess the face of a winsome adolescent beauty.
- Gemma followed her, thinking that Helen seemed rather an old-fashioned and elegant name for this rumpled young mother.