What is the difference between loretta and laura?

Loretta is a related term of laura.

(en proper noun)

, variant of Lauretta, Italian diminutive of Laura; or a form of Loreto.

(wikipedia Laura)

* Lora (rare)

(en proper noun)

* ~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.

* Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.

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