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Hero vs Leander - What's the difference?

hero | leander |

As proper nouns the difference between hero and leander

is that hero is any of a number of legendary men and women, including the priestess loved by Leander while Leander is the lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.

As a noun hero

is a real or mythical person of great bravery who carries out extraordinary deeds.

hero

English

(wikipedia hero)

Alternative forms

* heros

Noun

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  • (rfc-sense) A real or mythical person of great bravery who carries out extraordinary deeds.
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  • A role model.
  • The main protagonist in a work of fiction.
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  • A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
  • (food styling, chiefly, attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.
  • * 2003 , Solomon H. Katz, William Woys Weaver, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
    • The preparation of the hero food involves any number of specialized techniques food stylists have developed to deal with the demands of photographing food.
  • * 2008 , Linda Bellingham, Jean Ann Bybee, Brad G. Rogers, Food Styling for Photographers (page 8)
    • Protect the hero food. Whether the hero items are on a table in the studio or in the refrigerator, freezer, etc., be sure they are identified as hero items and not for consumption.
  • * 2008 , David Random, Defying Gravity (page 24)
    • The food stylists this day had spent inordinate amounts of time preparing the hero product for a close-up scene.

    Synonyms

    * see * (sandwich) grinder, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, po' boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge

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    leander

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (label) The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.
  • * : Act IV, Scene I:
    • Leander , he would have lived many a fair year, though Hero had turned nun, if it had not been for a hot midsummer night.
  • , also of a Spanish sixth century saint.

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