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Margo vs Marge - What's the difference?

margo | marge |

Marge is a descendant of margo.



As proper nouns the difference between margo and marge

is that margo is {{given name|female|from=French}}, a phonetic rendering of French Margot while Marge is a short form of the female given name Margaret.

As nouns the difference between margo and marge

is that margo is border, margin while marge is border; margin; edge; verge.

margo

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , a phonetic rendering of (etyl) Margot.
  • * 1998 , A Patchwork Planet , A.A.Knopf Inc., page 3:
  • *:"I like names that end with an a, don't you? Or other vowels? Most often it seems to be an a. But wait: Margo' s name ends with an o, for mercy's sake! Barnaby's mother. Or it used to be o. Then she met Barnaby's father and added a t."
  • Sophia looked at me. I told her, "Mom thought Margot with a t was higher class."

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    marge

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) marge, from (etyl) margo, of (etyl) origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Border; margin; edge; verge.
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
  • [...] And thy sea-marge , sterile and rocky-hard,
    Where thou thyself dost air [...]
  • * 1874 ,
  • the long curved crest
    Which swells out two leagues from the river marge .
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1907 , title=(The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses) , author=Robert W. Service , chapter=(The Cremation of Sam McGee) , passage=Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; / It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May". / And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum; / Then "Here", said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum."}}

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from the word margarine .

    Noun

    marge (uncountable )
  • (colloquial, UK, NZ) margarine.
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