Silvia vs Simon - What's the difference?
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* ca. 1590 William Shakespeare: The Two Gentlemen of Verona : Act IV, Scene II:
(Name of) any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
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* 1996 , Alias Grace , Bloomsbury, ISBN 0-7475-27873, page 379:
As nouns the difference between silvia and simon
is that silvia is wood anemone while simon is hackney cab.As an interjection simon is
yes, affirmation commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question.silvia
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Alternative forms
* SylviaProper noun
(en proper noun)- Who is Silvia ? what is she? / That all our swains commend her? / Holy, fair and wise is she; / The heaven such grace did lend her, / That she might admired be.
simon
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon', who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; ' Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
- His first name is Simon'. I wonder why his mother named him that, or it may have been his father. My own father never bothered with the naming of us, it was up to Mother and Aunt Pauline. There is '''Simon''' Peter the Apostle, of course, who was made a fisher of men by our Lord. But there is also Simple ' Simon . Met a pie man, going to the fair.