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jason | jasper |

As proper nouns the difference between jason and jasper

is that jason is the leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias while Jasper is a given name derived from Persian, an English variant of Caspar.

As a noun jasper is

any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.

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.

    Related terms

    * Jayson * (diminutives) Jace, Jase, Jay

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    jasper

    English

    (wikipedia jasper)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from (etyl) iaspis, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
  • (mineralogy) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
  • Jasperware pottery.
    • Derived terms
    * Jasper National Park * jasper opal * jasperated * jasperite * jasperize * jasperoid * jasperous * jasperware * jaspery * jaspidean * lavender jasper * xyloid jasper
    See also
    * jasperware

    Etymology 2

    From the male personal name Jasper .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, West Country, Somerset, colloquial) A wasp.
  • (US, slang) A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
  • * 1975 , Tom Waits, ‘Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)’:
    • Standing on the corner like a just-got-in-town jasper .
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 122:
    • “That jasper ,” sniggered Darby, “never pulled out his ‘dummy’ for nothing but pissing, I bet you!”
  • * 1968 , Charles Portis, True Grit , The Saturday Evening Post
    • "I stood there through almost an hour of it before they called Rooster Cogburn to the stand. I had guessed wrong as to which one he was, picking out a younger and slighter man with a badge on his shirt. And I was surprised when an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of Grover Cleveland went up and was sworn."

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