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Manny vs Manna - What's the difference?

manny | manna |

As nouns the difference between manny and manna

is that manny is a male nanny for children while manna is food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

As a proper noun Manny

is a diminutive=Emmanuel given name.

manny

English

Noun

(mannies)
  • (informal) A male nanny (for children).
  • *2006 [Perry Taylor] has popped up in supermarket tabloids as the male nanny – or "manny" – for Britney Spears, who has a 9-month-old son, Sean Preston and is pregnant. — CBS News, 9 June 2006

    • See also

    * mannie * Mannie * Manny

    manna

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (possibly archaic) mana

    Noun

    (-)
  • Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
  • By extension, any good thing which comes into one's hands by luck or good fortune.
  • The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.[http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html]
  • * 1966 , Bill Beatty, Tales of Old Australia , National Distributors, ISBN 1-86436-013-5, page 14, discussing old Australian foods
    • The icing on the cake was made from manna, which was gathered under the manna gums. Manna mixed with milk made a splendid icing.

    Derived terms

    * Australian manna * manna ash * mannitol * mannose * Persian manna * tamarisk manna

    External links

    * (wikipedia "manna")

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