Pete vs Peter - What's the difference?
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* 1911 , Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, Chapter I
* 1933 , Over the Garden Wall ,Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")
The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
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(biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, attributed to St. Peter.
Peter is a related term of pete.
As proper nouns the difference between pete and peter
is that pete is {{given name|diminutive=Peter|male} while Peter is a given name derived from Ancient Greek.As an acronym PETE
is polyethylene terephthalate: a thermoplastic resin of the polyester family that is used to make beverage, food and other liquid containers, synthetic fibers, as well as for some other thermoforming applications.As a noun peter is
(hypocoristic slang) The penis.As a verb peter is
to dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.peter
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun) (Epistle of Peter)- She knew of no Peter , and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.
- What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, / And Peter like a piper's tune,
- And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter , and upon this rock I will build my church;