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Michael vs Daniel - What's the difference?

michael | daniel |

As proper nouns the difference between michael and daniel

is that michael is , a variant of michel, popular in the end of the 20th century while daniel is hungarian equivalent of daniel.

michael

English

Etymology 1

From Vulgate (etyl) Michael, Michahel, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* Michaell

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1629 , , Meditations upon Creed'', ''The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862) , volume 3, page 212:
  • Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel'' or ''Michael , giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
  • * 2008 , , The Northern Clemency , Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799, page 498:
  • He works in the steelworks, the boyfriend, on the factory floor. I'd say that was quite unusual, he's called Michael'. Insists on that, he does, not being called Mike or Micky or Mick, pretends not to hear you, then, "No, my name's actually ' Michael ."
  • (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending Israel in the tribulation.
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  • And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.
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  • And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.
    Derived terms
    * Michael acceptor * Michael addition * Michael donor * Michael reaction * take the Michael

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) Michael.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
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    daniel

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
  • The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
  • * : Daniel 6: 16 :
  • Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel', and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto ' Daniel , Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
  • * ~1594 William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act IV, Scene I :
  • A Daniel' come to judgment! yea, a ' Daniel ! / O wise young judge, how do I honour thee!
  • in regular use since the Middle Ages.
  • * 1989 , A Prayer for Owen Meany , Corgi Books, ISBN 0552135399, page 55:
  • "His name is Daniel' Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And '''Daniel''' was as '''Daniel''' as ' Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for.
    "But he's called Dan," my mother added, bringing a slight frown to my grandmother's countenance.
  • (rare) .
  • A location in the state of Wyoming in the United States (Zip Code: 83115). (From the U.S. Census Bureau 1990)
  • Derived terms

    * Daniel come to judgement * Daniel Island * Daniels * Danielsen * Danielson * Danielsville * McDaniels

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