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Jason vs Aaron - What's the difference?

jason | aaron |

As proper nouns the difference between jason and aaron

is that jason is the leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias while Aaron is the elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.

jason

English

(wikipedia Jason)

Proper noun

(s)
  • (Greek mythology) The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.
  • * , Scene II:
  • I know he will be glad of our success: / We are the Jasons , we have won the fleece.
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  • And when they found them not, they drew Jason' and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; Whom ' Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
  • * 1984 , The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole , Methuen 1985, ISBN 0413588106, page 49:
  • The new prince left the hospital today. My father is hoping that he will be called George, after him. My mother said that it's time the Royal Family came up to date and called the Prince Brett or Jason .

    Usage notes

    * The given name was very popular in the English-speaking world in the 1970s and the 1980s.

    Anagrams

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    aaron

    English

    Proper noun

    (Aarons)
  • The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.
  • * :
  • And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.
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  • * 1969 , Portnoy's Complaint , Random House, 2002, page 145:
  • - - - the Junior Prom with boys whose names are right out of the grade-school reader, not Aaron and Arnold and Marvin, but Johnny and Billy and Jimmy and Tod. Not Portnoy or Pincus, but Smith and Jones and Brown!
  • Usage notes

    * The given name was exclusively Jewish in the Middle Ages, taken up by Gentiles in the 17th century, and popular among both in the end of the 20th century.

    Derived terms

    * Aaron's bells * Aaron's rod * Aaron's serpent

    References

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