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Malvin vs Melvin - What's the difference?

malvin | melvin |

As nouns the difference between malvin and melvin

is that malvin is an anthocyanin, a diglucoside of malvidin, found in very many foods while melvin is a wedgie performed from in front of the victim.

As a proper noun Melvin is

{{surname|from=Old French}.

malvin

English

Noun

(wikipedia malvin)
  • (biochemistry) An anthocyanin, a diglucoside of malvidin, found in very many foods.

    • melvin

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • * 1824 , The Life of Andrew Melville, W. Blackwood (1824), page 416:
    • Melville always wrote his name Melvinus'' in Latin, and he is often called ''Melvin''''' in English. Hence some have concluded that '''''Melvin'' , and not ''Melville , was his proper name. But they are merely different modes of pronouncing the same family appellation.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • * 1976 , My Life on Trial: An Autobiography , Morrow, ISBN 0688030858, page 21:
    • And for some reason, they called me Pete. My mother, who probably dug up the name Melvin from some romantic novel about Englishmen drinking tea, cringed at the "Pete".
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