Thomas vs Evelyn - What's the difference?
thomas | evelyn |
(derogatory, Christianity) An infidel (in reference to the doubting Apostle).
An Apostle, best remembered for doubting the resurrection of Jesus.
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of biblical origin, popular since the 13th century.
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* 1941 Judith Kelly, Marriage is a Private Affair , Harper 1944, page 133:
A city in Oklahoma
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* 1855 Robert Browning: Evelyn Hope :
* 1980 Salman Rushdie: Midnight's Children . Alfred A.Knopf 1981. ISBN 0-394-51470-X page 179:
, transferred from the surname.
As proper nouns the difference between thomas and evelyn
is that thomas is an apostle, best remembered for doubting the resurrection of jesus while evelyn is .As a noun thomas
is (derogatory|christianity) an infidel (in reference to the doubting apostle).thomas
English
Noun
(es)Derived terms
* doubting ThomasProper noun
(en proper noun)- 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.
- "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?"
- - - - 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 ..."
Derived terms
* Tom, Tommy (pet forms) * (abbreviation)evelyn
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead! / Sit and watch by her side an hour.
- "I don't wear flowers," Evelyn Lilith said, and tossed the unwanted chain into the air, spearing it before it fell with a pellet from her unerring Daisy air-pistol. Destroying flowers with a Daisy, she served notice that she was not to be manacled, not even by a necklace: she was our capricious, whirligig Lill-of-the-Hill. And also Eve. The Adam's-apple of my eye.
