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thomas | anthony |

As proper nouns the difference between thomas and anthony

is that thomas is an apostle, best remembered for doubting the resurrection of jesus while anthony is , in regular use since the middle ages.

As a noun thomas

is (derogatory|christianity) an infidel (in reference to the doubting apostle).

thomas

English

Noun

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  • (derogatory, Christianity) An infidel (in reference to the doubting Apostle).

    • Derived terms

    * doubting Thomas

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An Apostle, best remembered for doubting the resurrection of Jesus.
  • *
    • But Thomas , one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
  • of biblical origin, popular since the 13th century.
  • *
    • "Becky Thatcher. What's yours? Oh, I know. It's Thomas Sawyer."
    "That's the name they lick me by. I'm Tom when I'm good. You call me Tom, will you?"
  • * 1941 Judith Kelly, Marriage is a Private Affair , Harper 1944, page 133:
    • - - - goodness we scarcely have a name for the baby yet now all of you must take a vote, all of you, but let's have a nice simple name like Thomas' don't you think I hate elaborate names, do please all of you vote for ' Thomas ..."
  • A city in Oklahoma
  • A city in West Virginia

    • Derived terms

    * Tom, Tommy (pet forms) * (abbreviation)

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    anthony

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Antony

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , in regular use since the Middle Ages.
  • * 1922 , The Beautiful and Damned :
    • "...Think you've got the best name I've heard," she was saying. - - "Anthony' Patch. Only you ought to look sort of like a horse, with a long narrow face - and you ought to be in tatters." "That's the Patch part though. How should '''Anthony''' look?" "You look like ' Anthony ," she assured him seriously - he thought she had scarcely seen him - "rather majestic," she continued, " and solemn."
  • * 1952 Thomas Pyles, Words and Ways of American English , Random House, page 245:
    • It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony'' , a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like ''Stephen'', ''Peter'', ''Michael , etc., in this country.
  • * 1955 (Joseph Heller), Catch-22 , Chapter Five:
    • She was built like a dream and wore a chain around her neck with a medal of Saint Anthony' hanging down inside the most beautiful bosom I never saw. "It must be a terrible temptation for Saint '''Anthony'''," I joked - just to put her at ease, you know. "Saint '''Anthony'''?" her husband said. "Who's Saint ' Anthony ?"
  • A city in Kansas
  • A city in New Mexico
  • A town in Texas

    • Related terms

    * (pet forms) Tony, Ant * (variants) Antonio, Antoine, Anton * (feminine names) Antonia, Antoinette, Toni, Tonia, Tonya