As proper nouns the difference between joe and fred
is that joe is a common nickname for Joseph, also used as a formal male given name while Fred is a short version of Frederick, Alfred, or Wilfred, also used as a formal male given name.
As a noun Joe
is a male; a guy; a fellow.
joe
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
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
- "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'."
, Joanne or Josephine.
Related terms
* Jo
* Joey
Noun
(
en noun)
(informal) A male; a guy; a fellow
- I'm just an ordinary Joe .
Derived terms
* average Joe
* Joe Average
* Joe Blow
* Joe College
* Joe Schmoe
* Joe Sixpack
fred
English
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
A short version of Frederick, Alfred, or Wilfred, also used as a formal male given name.
(military, slang) Nickname for the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, widely used by USAF aircrews.
Quotations
*
1892 Robert Grant:
The Reflections of a Married Man . Scribner,1892. pages 98-99:
*: When I referred to the confusion which would result from the presence in the house of two people with the same name, she tossed her head and said it would be easy to obviate that by calling me Frederick instead of
Fred . - - - Imagine Harry Bolles and other kindred spirits calling me stiff, august Frederick! I vowed that this should not be brought to pass - - -
*
2002 Fred Hill:
You May as Well Laugh: The Columns of Fred Hill . iUniverse ISBN 0595256848 page 59:
*: I had great parents, but they made one major mistake. They named me
Fred'. I'm sorry in case other '''Freds''' read this, but ' Fred is a rather weak name. It just sort of fades away on the tongue. It's not positive like Matt or Jim or Mike or Luke.
English diminutives of male given names
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