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Hermitage vs Laura - What's the difference?

hermitage | laura |

As nouns the difference between hermitage and laura

is that hermitage is a house or dwelling where a hermit lives while laura is a number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

As a proper noun Laura is

{{given name|female|from=Latin}}.

hermitage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A house or dwelling where a hermit lives.
  • A place of seclusion.
  • A period of seclusion.

    • laura

    English

    (wikipedia Laura)

    Alternative forms

    * Lora (rare)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
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  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act II, Scene IV:
    • Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;
  • * 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place . Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
    • Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.

    Usage notes

    * Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.

    Related terms

    * Laurel, Lauren, Laurie, Loretta, Lori, Lorraine, Lauretta

    Anagrams

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