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Morris vs Morgan - What's the difference?

morris | morgan |

As proper nouns the difference between morris and morgan

is that morris is derived from the norman given name maurice while morgan is .

As a noun morgan is

a breed of horse originating in vermont.

morris

English

Etymology 1

From (Moorish).

Noun

(es)
  • (weapons) A type of pike.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 49.:
    • Another kind of pike called a morris , that is a Moorish pike, was much in fashion about the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth.
    See also
    * Morris dancing

    Etymology 2

    From (Morris), the surname of its discoverer.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A marine fish with a very slender, flat, transparent body, now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
    • (Webster 1913)

    morgan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.

    • Derived terms

    * centimorgan English eponyms ----