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Sarah vs Sienna - What's the difference?

sarah | sienna |

As proper nouns the difference between sarah and sienna

is that sarah is wife of patriarch Abraham, mother of Isaac while Sienna is {{given name|female|from=English}} of modern usage from the sienna colour.

As a noun sienna is

a form of clay containing iron and manganese.

As an adjective sienna is

having a reddish-brown colour.

sarah

English

(wikipedia Sarah)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Wife of patriarch Abraham, mother of Isaac.
  • * 1611 — 17:15
    • And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
  • * 1988 Margaret Atwood: Cat's Eye : page 15:
    • I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.

    Related terms

    * Sadie, Sallie, Sally, Sara

    Synonyms

    * (wife of Abraham): Sarai

    Anagrams

    * ----

    sienna

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sienna) (en noun)
  • a form of clay containing iron and manganese.
  • a pigment with a reddish-brown colour.
  • a light reddish-brown colour.

    • Synonyms

    * (clay) raw sienna

    Derived terms

    * burnt sienna * raw sienna

    Adjective

    (-)
  • having a reddish-brown colour.

    • Anagrams

    * insane