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Jessica vs Jenny - What's the difference?

jessica | jenny |

As proper nouns the difference between jessica and jenny

is that jessica is ; formerly rare, but since the 1970s popular in all english-speaking countries while jenny is a diminutive of the female given names jane and jennifer, also used as a formal given name.

As a noun jenny is

(uk|informal) a wren (a member of the wrns).

jessica

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • ; formerly rare, but since the 1970s popular in all English-speaking countries .
  • * 1594 William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act V: Scene I:
  • Lorenzo : In such a night / Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew, / And with an unthrift love did run from Venice, / As far as Belmont.
    Jessica : In such a night / Did young Lorenzo swear he lov'd her well, / Stealing her soul with many vows of faith, / And ne'er a true one.
    Lorenzo : In such a night / Did pretty Jessica , like a little shrew, / Slander her love, and he forgave it her.
  • * 1996 , The Writer's Child , The Sandman Book of Dreams, HarperCollins, ISBN 0002246325, page 154:
  • She will be beautiful, of course - how could our child not be beautiful? We will name her...Jessica . Yes, that's a good name, not one of those lighter-than-air names so popular among writers of romances and fairy tales. That's a name a real little girl might have.

    jenny

    English

    Noun

    (jennies)
  • A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called (spinning jenny)).
  • A female creature of certain kinds, such as wren and donkey.
  • A catmill.
  • Derived terms

    *jenny wren

    See also

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