Orc vs Christmas - What's the difference?
orc | christmas |
(fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive.
* 1656 , Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo , I.1:
* 1834 , "The National Fairy Mythology of England" in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, p. 53:
* 1954 , (JRR Tolkien), The Fellowship of the Ring :
A widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian and secular customs.
A personification of Christmas.
Christmas Day, the day it is celebrated, 25 December, an English quarter day.
Christmastide, the Twelve Days of Christmas, the season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the holiday.
(US, retailing) The period from the Friday following Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas.
(marketing, retailing) Christmas season, the end of the year period, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas.
As nouns the difference between orc and christmas
is that orc is any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale while Christmas is christmas Day, the day it is celebrated, 25 December, an English quarter day.As an initialism ORC
is orange River Colony, a name given to the Orange Free State when annexed by Britain in 1900.As a proper noun Christmas is
a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian and secular customs.orc
English
(wikipedia orc)Etymology 1
From (etyl) orque, (etyl) orca, and their source, (etyl) .Etymology 2
Probably from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke , begotten by an Incubus.
- The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of "Cain's kin," as were also the eotens, and the elves, and the orcs (eótenas, and ylfe, and orcneas).
- There was a flash like flame and the helm burst asunder. The orc fell with cloven head.
See also
* goblin * trollAnagrams
* * * * ----christmas
English
(wikipedia Christmas)Alternative forms
* Xmas, X-masProper noun
(es)- Do you celebrate Christmas ?
Coordinate terms
*MawlidNoun
(es)- This Christmas we'll open presents then go to grandma's for dinner.
- The last three Christmases have been good for retailers.
- The Christmas shoppers spent less this December, than last year, but our store will probably see just as many returned items during the twelve days of Christmas.
