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Steve vs Stevie - What's the difference?

steve | stevie |

Stevie is a related term of steve.



As proper nouns the difference between steve and stevie

is that steve is a diminutive of Steven and Stephen, also used as a formal male given name while Stevie is a diminutive of the male given names Stephen and Steven.

As a verb steve

is to pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.

steve

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of Steven and Stephen, also used as a formal male given name.
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    • Quotations

    * 1989 Ann Beattie: Picturing Will , Random House, ISBN 0394569873, page 67: *: His first name was probably Steve' or Ed. No, there were no more ' Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael. * 1956 : Peyton Place , UPNE, 1999, ISBN 1555534007, Book Three,Chapter 13, *: Allison made a careful note of the address and within the hour she had met, decided she liked, and moved in with a girl of twenty who called herself Steve Wallace. *: "Don't call me Stephanie", Steve had said. "I don't know why it should, but being called Stephanie always makes me feel like something pale and dull out of Jane Austen." English diminutives of male given names

    stevie

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given names Stephen and Steven.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
    • English diminutives of male given names English diminutives of female given names