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Kathleen vs Kate - What's the difference?

kathleen | kate |

As a proper noun kathleen

is .

As an adjective kate is

.

kathleen

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1837 , Marion Crawford - Frederick Nicholls Crouch, Kathleen Mavourneen (a song):
    • Kathleen mavourneen! the gray dawn is breaking,
    The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill,
    The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking,
    Kathleen mavourneen, what slumbering still?

    Derived terms

    * Kathleen Mavourneen

    kate

    English

    (wikipedia Kate)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A medieval pet form of Catherine and related names. Also used as a formal female given name.
  • * ~~1594 William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew : Act II, Scene I:
    • Petruchio .Good morrow, Kate ; for that's your name, I hear.
    Katharina .Well have you heard, but something hard of hearing: / They call me Katharine that do talk of me.
    Petruchio''.You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate''', / And bonny '''Kate''', and sometimes ' Kate the curst;
  • * 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
    • A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation.
  • * 1944 A.J.Cronin: The Green Years .Little, Brown, and Company, 1944. page 62:
    • "And I have such a horrible name. Think of it... Kate . Who would take Kate on a Moonlight Cruise...or out to the Minstrels at the point. If you ever do find me in the company of a strange young man, call me Irene. Promise me."

    Anagrams

    * * English diminutives of female given names ----