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Joshua vs John - What's the difference?

joshua | john |

In given name|male|from=hebrew terms the difference between joshua and john

is that joshua is while john is very popular since the middle ages.

As proper nouns the difference between joshua and john

is that joshua is the sixth book of the old testament of bible, and a book of the tanakh while john is very popular since the middle ages.

joshua

English

(Book of Joshua)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The sixth book of the Old Testament of Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
  • The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.
  • *
    • So Joshua' took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and ' Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
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  • * 1835 The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. To Which is Prefixed a Memoir by H.W.Beechey , London:T.Cadell, Strand, page 33:
    • "His father had a notion," observes Malone, on the authority of Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, "that it might at some future period of his life be an advantage to a child to bear an uncommon Christian name, - - - Hence our author derived the scriptural name of Joshua , which, though not very uncommon, occurs less frequently than many others." But another biographer has suggested, with more appearance of reason, that it was probably given to him because an uncle, who was one of his godfathers, bore the same name,

    Related terms

    * * Jesus * Jason

    john

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A prostitute's client.
  • * 2004 , Dennis Cooper, The Sluts , page 233
    • In the first part of the video, Thad sucks the john's cock and takes a load in his mouth.
  • * 2013 , McLachlin CJ, Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford ( 2013 SCC 72), para. 62
    • In-calls, where the john comes to the prostitute’s residence, are prohibited.
  • (slang, US) A lavatory, toilet.
  • (slang) An outhouse privy. Also johnny house.
  • (slang) A name often used as a generic reference to a male of European, North-American, or Australian origin, while travelling in East Asia.
  • A male mule.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, prostitute's client) see * (toilet) see

    Derived terms

    * port-o-john