Samantha vs Daniel - What's the difference?
samantha | daniel |
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* 1876 Phebe Ann Hanaford, Women of the Century , page 525:
* 1888 , (Marietta Holley), Josiah Allen's Wife as a P.A. and P.I.: Samantha at the Centennial , page 577:
* 1967 (Howard Fast), Samantha , I Books (2004), ISBN 0743479122, page 42:
* 1985 (Bobbie Ann Mason), In Country , Harper&Row, ISBN 0060154691, pages 182, 183:
A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
* : Daniel 6: 16 :
* ~1594 William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act IV, Scene I :
in regular use since the Middle Ages.
* 1989 , A Prayer for Owen Meany , Corgi Books, ISBN 0552135399, page 55:
(rare) .
A location in the state of Wyoming in the United States (Zip Code: 83115). (From the U.S. Census Bureau 1990)
As proper nouns the difference between samantha and daniel
is that samantha is while daniel is hungarian equivalent of daniel.samantha
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- These country girls, as they were called, had queer names, which added to the singularity of their appearance. Samantha , Triphena, Plumy, Leafy, Ruhamah, Lovey, and Florilla were among them.
- "Its name is Samantha' Jo, after Josiah and me. - - - If it had been a boy, we was layin' out to call it Josiah Sam, - Sam for ' Samantha ."
- "Middle of the depression - who's going to give a kid a nutty name like Samantha ? Today's another matter, but around then, from what I hear, people weren't thinking about these stylish names."
- But here's my favorite name: Samuel. It's from the Bible. If it's a girl, name it Samantha . That sounds like something in a prayer, doesn't it? I think it's a name in the Chronicles. I've been reading the Bible every night." - - -
- She found the Book of Chronicles and scanned it. - - - There was no Samantha in either the first or the second book of the Chronicles.
Usage notes
* Popular in the English-speaking world from the 1970s to the 2000s.daniel
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel', and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto ' Daniel , Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
- A Daniel' come to judgment! yea, a ' Daniel ! / O wise young judge, how do I honour thee!
- "His name is Daniel' Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And '''Daniel''' was as '''Daniel''' as ' Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for.
- "But he's called Dan," my mother added, bringing a slight frown to my grandmother's countenance.