Tommy vs Timothy - What's the difference?
tommy | timothy |
(colloquial) Tommy Atkins; a typical private in the British army; a British soldier.
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* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, page 129:
Either of two books in the New Testament () which are epistles to Timothy.
A companion of Paul mentioned in the Bible.
of biblical origin, also borne by early Christian saints.
As proper nouns the difference between tommy and timothy
is that tommy is a diminutive=Thomas given name while Timothy is either of two books in the New Testament (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) which are epistles to Timothy.As nouns the difference between tommy and timothy
is that tommy is tommy Atkins; a typical private in the British army; a British soldier while timothy is species: Phleum pratense, pedia=1, native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.tommy
English
Noun
(Tommies)- Then it's Tommy' this, an' '''Tommy''' that, an' "' Tommy , 'ow's yer soul?"
- But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll
- And every night now he played pontoon, that game of the Tommies , with Mrs Bolton, gambling with sixpences.
- He liked the Germans better than he did the French; but for all that, if he went down the back streets of a night, it was with three or four British Tommies , in case the Jerries weren't as friendly as they made out.