Joe vs David - What's the difference?
joe | david |
A common nickname for Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.
* 1981 , Second Movement , Nebula Winners: Science Fiction Writers of America, Harper&Row, 1981, ISBN 0060148306, page 207
, Joanne or Josephine.
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The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul in the Old Testament.
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common in Wales.
As a noun joe
is (informal) a male; a guy; a fellow or joe can be (chiefly|us|informal) coffee.As a proper noun david is
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English
(wikipedia Joe)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "With a name like Joe'," '''Joe''' always said, "I had to open a bar and grill, just so I could put up a sign saying '' Joe' s Bar and Grill'."
Derived terms
* average Joe * Joe Average * Joe Blow * Joe College * Joe Schmoe * Joe SixpackSee also
* cup of joe * sloppy joe English diminutives of male given namesdavid
English
(wikipedia David)Proper noun
- David' Copperfield. Dwight '''David''' Eisenhower. Michelangelo's '''David'''. None of these '''Davids''' would seem the same if their names were Dave. ' David , with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely.
- Well, don't think I'll settle for so little, Mr. Talbot. Or should I call you David'? I think you look like a ' David , you know, righteous and clean living and all of that.
- David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.