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Lachlan vs Jake - What's the difference?

lachlan | jake |

As a proper noun lachlan

is mainly used in scotland, recently also popular in australia.

As a noun jake is

collar.

As an interjection jake is

come.

lachlan

English

(Lachlan River)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • mainly used in Scotland, recently also popular in Australia.
  • A river in New South Wales, Australia, noted for having several significant wetlands along its length; named for Governor .

    • Related terms

    * (name) MacLachlan (patronymic surname)

    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.