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Sharon vs Sherry - What's the difference?

sharon | sherry |

As a noun sharon

is persimmon.

As a proper noun sherry is

, from the sherry wine, or a variant of cheri.

sharon

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A plain in Israel.
  • *
    • I am the rose of Sharon , and the lily of the valleys.
  • derived from the biblical place name.
  • * 1927 , Elmer Gantry , Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 183:
    • My name is Katie Jonas. I was born in Utica. My dad worked on a brickyard. I picked out the name Sharon Falconer while I was a stenographer.
  • * 2001 , Working With Spoken Discourse , SAGE, ISBN 0761957731, page 157:
    • The group suggested a number of reasons why a girl might not fit in to their community - for instance, if she wore white socks and had a name like 'Sharon' .
  • (UK derogatory slang ) A working-class female.
  • Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and Canada named after the biblical place.

    • Usage notes

    * Popular given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s, and in the U.K. in the 1960s and 1970s.

    Related terms

    * Shaz * Shazza

    See also

    * Kevin *

    Anagrams

    *

    sherry

    English

    (wikipedia sherry)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A fortified wine produced in in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
  • * '>citation
  • A variety of sherry.
    • They produce several quality sherries .
  • A glass of sherry.
    • Would you like a sherry ?

    See also

    * amontillado ----