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Rochelle vs Derrick - What's the difference?

rochelle | derrick |

As proper nouns the difference between rochelle and derrick

is that rochelle is {{surname|from=Old French} while Derrick is a given name derived from Germanic, variant spelling of Derek.

As a noun derrick is

a device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.

rochelle

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Any of a number of places in the U.S.A.
  • taken up in the 20th century.
  • * 1971 , The Book of Daniel , Random House (2007), ISBN 081297817X, page 42:
    • She was a modern woman. "Rochelle'!" I hear my grandma's taunt. "Imagine ' Rochelle !" And then in Yiddish: "Rachel is not good enough for her."

    derrick

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia derrick) (en noun)
  • A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects
  • A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.
  • A hangman (obsolete)

    • References

    * For "hangman": 1949', John Dover Wilson (compiler), ' Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose , Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes