Ruth vs Esther - What's the difference?
ruth | esther |
(archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.
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* 1847 , , (Jane Eyre) , Chapter IV, 1859, New York, Harper & Brothers,
* 2011 , Turisas (Mathias Nygård),
* 1896 , , (A Shropshire Lad)'', XLIV, 2005, ''The Works of A. E. Housman'' [1994, ''The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman ],
* ~1937 , J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fall of Arthur
(obsolete) Sorrow; misery; distress.
(obsolete) Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight.
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A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
The heroine of the Book of Esther.
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As proper nouns the difference between ruth and esther
is that ruth is a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh while Esther is {{given name|female|from=Persian|}}.As a noun ruth
is sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.ruth
English
Noun
(-)- It was my fortune to be at Rome'', upon a day that one ''Catena , a notorious high-way theefe, was executed: at his strangling no man of the companie seemed to be mooved to any ruth .
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- under her light eyebrows glimmered an eye devoid of ruth .
Hunting Pirates
- Scum they are! —Foe of mankind!
- Clear the sea! —Show no ruth !
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- Now to your grave shall friend and stranger / With ruth and some with envy come.
- He mourned too late
- In ruth for the rending of the Round Table.
Derived terms
* ruthful * ruthlessAnagrams
*esther
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun) (Book of Esther)- And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther , his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father or mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful.