Leila vs David - What's the difference?
leila | david |
taken into English usage through nineteenth century literature.
* 1813 :
* 1919 , , Saint's Progress , Echo Library 2006, ISBN 1847020704, page 104:
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* 1994 , The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays , Counterpoint Press 2004, ISBN 1582433135, page 169:
* 2000 , Merrick , Ballantine Books (2001), ISBN 0-345-44395-0, page 157:
The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul in the Old Testament.
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common in Wales.
As proper nouns the difference between leila and david
is that leila is taken into english usage through nineteenth century literature while david is .leila
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Oh! who young Leila' s glance could read / And keep that portion of his creed, / Which saith that woman is but dust
- "Leila !" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?"
- "I went to her flat last week with Dad - he likes her."
- "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover."
Anagrams
* * ----david
English
(wikipedia David)Proper noun
- David' Copperfield. Dwight '''David''' Eisenhower. Michelangelo's '''David'''. None of these '''Davids''' would seem the same if their names were Dave. ' David , with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely.
- Well, don't think I'll settle for so little, Mr. Talbot. Or should I call you David'? I think you look like a ' David , you know, righteous and clean living and all of that.
- David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.