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Jeremiah vs Steven - What's the difference?

jeremiah | steven |

As nouns the difference between jeremiah and steven

is that jeremiah is a person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom while steven is the voice, now especially when loud or strong or steven can be (obsolete) a time, occasion.

As a proper noun jeremiah

is (abrahamic religions) an ancient prophet, the author of the book of jeremiah, and of the lamentations.

As an interjection jeremiah

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

As a verb steven is

(obsolete) to speak; utter; describe; tell of; name or steven can be (obsolete) to call; summon; command; appoint.

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.

    • steven

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a variant spelling of Stephen.
  • * 1989 Ann Beattie: Picturing Will . Random House. ISBN 0394569873 page 67:
    • His first name was probably Steve or Ed. No, there were no more Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael.

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