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Robin vs Reuben - What's the difference?

robin | reuben |

As nouns the difference between robin and reuben

is that robin is various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly family: Eopsaltridae), typically with a red breast while Reuben is a grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and either Russian dressing or Thousand Island dressing.

As proper nouns the difference between robin and reuben

is that robin is a given name derived from Germanic while Reuben is first son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

robin

English

(wikipedia robin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly ), typically with a red breast.
  • # A European robin; ''Erithacus rubecula.
  • #*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./4/2
  • , passage=As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.}}
  • # An American robin; Turdus migratorius .
  • Usage notes

    The American robin is quite different from the European one: English settlers in America so named a red-breasted bird much larger than the European robin.

    Synonyms

    * (all senses) redbreast, robin redbreast * (the European robin)

    Derived terms

    * robin redbreast * round-robin

    reuben

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Ruben * Rubin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and either Russian dressing or Thousand Island dressing.
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biblical) First son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
  • (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Reuben.
  • A male given name.
  • Quotations

    * 1611 — 35:22b-26 *: Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben , Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. * 1611 — 13:15 *: And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

    Derived terms

    * Reubenite

    See also

    * * (Reuben sandwich)