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Streamlet vs Brooke - What's the difference?

streamlet | brooke |

As nouns the difference between streamlet and brooke

is that streamlet is a small stream while brooke is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

As a proper noun Brooke is

{{surname|from=Middle English}.

As a verb brooke is

obsolete spelling of lang=en.

streamlet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small stream.
  • *1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 19:
  • *:I wanted to jog in leisurely fashion through the green fields and chestnut avenues, over the rushing bubbling streamlets , to join Sylvie.

    • brooke

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Brook (wikipedia Brooke)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • transferred from the surname, fairly popular since the 1970s.

    • Quotations

    * 1993 , Devil's Waltz , Random House 1998, ISBN 0345460715, page 85 *: "Cassie B.," I said. "What does the B. stand for?" *: "Brooks - that was my maiden name. It's sort of a tribute to Aunt Harriet. It's not exactly feminine, I guess. Brooke' with an e would have been more of a girl's name. Like ' Brooke Shields. But I wanted to remember Aunt Harriet."

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