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Magdalene vs Maggie - What's the difference?

magdalene | maggie |

As nouns the difference between magdalene and maggie

is that magdalene is a reformed prostitute while maggie is one of several kinds of bird in the family corvidae, especially pica pica .

As a proper noun magdalene

is .

magdalene

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus.
  • * :
    • And the twelve were with him; and certain woman which had been healed of evil spirits, Mary called Magdalene , out of whom went seven devils;

    Derived terms

    * Magdalene laundry * maudlin

    Related terms

    * Lena * Maddy * Maddie * Magdalen * Madeleine * Madeline

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A reformed prostitute.
  • * 1906 : The Man of Property: Interlude:
    • "Trying to help women who've come to grief." Old Jolyon didn't quite understand. "To grief?" he repeated; then realised with a shock that she meant exactly what he would have meant himself if he had used that expression. Assisting the Magdalenes of London!
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    maggie

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1986 , The Lost Language of Cranes , Houghton Mifflin (1997), ISBN 0395877334, page 127:
    • Maggie'. Never in her life had she heard her mother called ' Maggie . It was a name from her youth, that dead time Jerene had never been allowed to talk about [- - -]. Her mother was Margaret now.
  • * 2004 , Jigs & Reels , Doubleday, ISBN 0385606427, page 81:
    • I could tell that some of the guests were confused by the name of Maggie ?no-one had called her by that clunky, unfashionable name in years?
  • , former British prime minister