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Laura vs Claire - What's the difference?

laura | claire |

As a noun laura

is (historical|roman catholic church) a number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

As an adjective claire is

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As a verb claire is

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laura

English

(wikipedia Laura)

Alternative forms

* Lora (rare)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
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  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act II, Scene IV:
    • Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;
  • * 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place . Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
    • Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.

    Usage notes

    * Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.

    Related terms

    * Laurel, Lauren, Laurie, Loretta, Lori, Lorraine, Lauretta

    Anagrams

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    claire

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Clare, Clair

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • borrowed from the French form of Clara or Clare. Popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.
  • * 1887 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch: Dead Man's Rock. BiblioBazaar,LLC,2007. ISBN 1434649393 page 198:
    • "I told you I was called ,or that they called me Claire . Were you not surprised when you saw my name as Clarissa Lambert?"
    "Is that all?" I cried. "Why of course, I knew how common it is for actresses to take another name. I was even glad of it; for the name I know, your own name, is now a secret, and all the sweeter so. All the world admires Clarissa Lambert, but I alone love Claire' Luttrell, and know that ' Claire Luttrell loves me."
  • * 2006 Wendy Harmer: Farewell My Ovaries . Allen&Unwin 2006. ISBN 1741146658 page 93:
    • A woman named Claire' should be able to describe the moon. Clair de Lune was of course one of ' Claire' s favourite pieces of piano music.
  • , a rare spelling variant Clare, derived from the surname.
  • * 1991 Amy Tan: The Kitchen God's Wife . Ivy Books 1991. ISBN 080410753X page 203:
    • When we arrived in Hangchow, all the pilots were honored at a big banquet given by that famous American general with a lady's name, Claire Chennault.

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