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Mason vs Brandon - What's the difference?

mason | brandon |

As nouns the difference between mason and brandon

is that mason is a freemason while brandon is (eo-form of).

As a proper noun mason

is for a stonemason.

mason

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.
  • A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.

    • Derived terms

    * mason bee * mason wasp * masonry * mason moth * mason shell

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    brandon

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • from the Gaelic Mac Breandáin .
  • transferred from the surnames; also a variant of Brendan. Popular in the U.S. in the 1980s and the 1990s.
  • A CDP in Colorado
  • Any of some towns and villages in England
  • A CDP in Florida
  • A city in Iowa
  • A city in Manitoba
  • A city in Minnesota
  • A city in Mississippi
  • A town in New York
  • A city in South Dakota
  • A town in Vermont
  • A village in Wisconsin

    • Quotations

    * 1520 The Lyfe of Saynt Brandan. Translated from Dutch.Published by Wynkyn de Worde,1483: *: Here begynneth the lyfe of Saynt Brandon'. Saynt ' Brandon , the holy man, was a monke, and borne in Yrlonde * ~1593 William Shakespeare: Richard III: Act V, Scene III : *: Sir William Brandon , you shall bear my standard.