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Jonathan vs Jake - What's the difference?

jonathan | jake |

As nouns the difference between jonathan and jake

is that jonathan is (en) an apple cultivar from new york while jake is collar.

As a proper noun jonathan

is a son of saul, first mentioned in 1 samuel.

As an interjection jake is

come.

jonathan

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.
  • * :
    • And it came to pass, when he had made an end to speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan' was knit with the soul of David, and ' Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
  • of biblical origin.
  • * 1936 (w, Frank O'Connor), In The Train . The Stories of Frank O'Connor, Knopf, 1952. page 166:
    • "Well indeed," said Foley, "'tis a mystery to me how the sergeant puts up with her. If any woman up and called me an outlandish name like Jonathan when everyone knew my name was plain John I'd do fourteen days for her - by God, I would, and a calendar month."
  • * 1998 , The Chimney Sweeper's Boy , ISBN 0670879274, page 168:
    • So I'd change to names I really like. I mean, Jonathan'. If I ever have a son I'm going to call him '''Jonathan''', so I'd have that. And then I like monosyllabic surnames that aren't too common, so I'd have Dean or Bell or King. There you are, how about ' Jonathan King?

    Related terms

    * nonstandard spellings: Jonathon, Johnathan * pet forms: Jon, Jonty, Jonny, Nathan

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (en) An apple cultivar from New York.

    • jake

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
  • *1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 126:
  • *:‘What do you care? Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake .’

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A juvenile male turkey.
  • * 1998 , Jerome B Robinson, In the Turkey Woods
    • The spring turkey woods are occupied by roaming bands of jakes — year-old males with strong mating urges but inferior body size.