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Peter vs Paul - What's the difference?

peter | paul |

As proper nouns the difference between peter and paul

is that peter is a given name derived from Ancient Greek while Paul is in the New Testament, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.

As nouns the difference between peter and paul

is that peter is (hypocoristic slang) The penis while paul is an old Italian silver coin; a paolo.

As a verb peter

is to dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.

peter

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun) (Epistle of Peter)
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  • * 1911 , Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, Chapter I
    • 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.
  • * 1933 , Over the Garden Wall ,Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")
    • 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,
  • The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
  • *
    • And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter , and upon this rock I will build my church;
  • (biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, attributed to St. Peter.

    • Derived terms

    * blue peter * Peter boat * Peter Funk * Peter Pan * Peter pence, Peter's pence * Peter principle * Peter's fish * rob Peter to pay Paul

    Related terms

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    See also

    * Petrock * Petronella

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    paul

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • In the New Testament, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
  • * : Acts 9:4 :
    • Then Saul, ( who is also called Paul ,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him
  • of biblical origin.
  • * 1848 (Charles Dickens), :
    • 'He will be christened Paul , my - Mrs Dombey - of course.'
    She feebly echoed, 'Of course,' or rather expressed it by the motion of her lips, and closed her eyes again.
    'His father's name, Mrs Dombey, and his grandfather's! I wish his grandfather were alive this day! There is some inconvenience in the necessity of writing Junior,' said Mr Dombey, making a fictitious autograph on his knee; 'but it is merely of a private and personal complexion. It doesn't enter into the correspondence of the House. Its signature remains the same.'
  • A city in Idaho.

    • Derived terms

    * rob Peter to pay Paul * Saint Paul * Pauline

    Related terms

    * feminine forms: Paula, Paulette, Pauline (surnames) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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