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Lory vs Cory - What's the difference?

lory | cory |

As nouns the difference between lory and cory

is that lory is any of various small, brightly coloured, parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae while cory is any fish belonging to the genus genus: Corydoras, a group of South American freshwater catfish.

As a proper noun Cory is

{{surname|from=Irish}.

lory

English

(wikipedia lory)

Noun

(lories)
  • Any of various small, brightly coloured, parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae .

    • See also

    * lorikeet

    Anagrams

    *

    cory

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Corey * Cori, Kori, Korey, Kory

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • transferred from the surname.
  • * 2005 Robert L. Fried, The Game of School , Jossey-bass, ISBN 0787973475, page 42:
    • On another poster are the names of the new class — unusual names (at least to me) like Wen Qi, Elijah, Yoav, Noni, Koray, Cai Ying and Julissa, along with more common names like Cory , Betty, Tammy, Jordan, Jeffrey, and Andrew.
  • (less common than the male name) transferred from the surname, also a pet form of Cora, Corinne and similar sounding names.
  • * 1991 Clark D. Neher, Southeast Asia in the New International Era , Westview Press, ISBN 0813311799, page 58:
    • Corazon "Cory " Aquino, the widow of the martyred Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., emerged as the person around whom all the oppositionists could coalesce.
  • * 1998 Robyn Amos, Into the Night , ISBN 0786005599, page 61:
    • I went to high school with a girl named Corrine, though, and everyone called her Cory —

    References

    Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges : A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988. English surnames from given names