Nur vs Nathan - What's the difference?
nur | nathan |
A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
(obsolete) A hard knob of wood used in playing hockey.
* W. Howitt
An Old Testament prophet.
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of Biblical origin.
* 1972 Nate Perlmutter, A Bias of Reflections: Confessions of an Incipient Old Jew , Arlington House, ISBN 0870001647, page 27:
* 2007 Rose Lamatt, Lifeline Online , ISBN 143270589X, page 128:
As proper nouns the difference between nur and nathan
is that nur is while nathan is an old testament prophet.nur
English
Noun
(en noun)- I think I'm as hard as a nur , and as tough as whitleather.
nathan
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man: and he said to Nathan': As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. And ' Nathan said to David: Thou art the man.
- I used to envy my brother his name, and recall once accusing my mother of having favored him, else why did she name me Nathan' and him Philip, tell me that, ma, tell me that. He had king Philip and if day-dreaming that association wasn't pleasure enough, there was the then movie star, Phillips Holmes. All I had was '''Nathan''' Hale. Admittedly, '''Nathan''' Hale would have been fine — except among our schoolyard ditties was the couplet: '''''Nathan''' Hale, / '''Nathan''' Hale, / He shit in a pail, / Shit in a pail.'' Being a ' Nathan was sometimes trying.
- He was so proud he'd had a son. He talked me into naming him Nathan saying he had always loved that name. I was surprised to see when I looked it up in a name book it meant gift from God. And yes that was a very appropriate name.
