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Jeremiah vs Jerry - What's the difference?

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Jerry is a related term of jeremiah.



As proper nouns the difference between jeremiah and jerry

is that jeremiah is an ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations while Jerry is a nickname for Jeremiah, Jeremy, Jerrold, Gerald, Gerard, and similar male names; also used as a formal male given name.

As nouns the difference between jeremiah and jerry

is that jeremiah is a person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom while jerry is alternative case form of Jerry|lang=en derogatory: German.

As an interjection Jeremiah

is expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.

jeremiah

English

(Book of Jeremiah)

Alternative forms

* (abbreviations of the name of the book of the Bible)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Abrahamic religions) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
  • (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
  • of biblical origin.

    • Quotations

    * : *: And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. * 2000 , David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader . Cork University Press. ISBN 1859182585, page 8: *: The man whom you call Diarmaid when you speak Irish, a low, pernicious, un-Irish, detestable custom, begot by slavery, and propagated by cringing, and fostered by flunkeyism, forces you to call Jeremiah when you speak English, or as a concession, Darby.

    Related terms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.

    • Derived terms

    * jeremiad

    Related terms

    * Jeremias * Jeremy * Jerry

    See also

    * (l)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (UK) Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.

    • jerry

    English

    Etymology 1

    Diminutive of Jeremy, Jerome, Gerald, Jerrold, Gerard, and related names.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • 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)

    • 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 * Gerry

    Etymology 2

    By shortening of German . Originated during the First World War.

    Alternative forms

    * jerry, geri, gerri

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (British, US, derogatory, slang, dated) A German.
    • Usage 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 * Kraut
    Derived terms
    * jerrycan