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Tony vs Ethan - What's the difference?

tony | ethan |

As an adjective tony

is stylish, high-toned, upscale.

As a noun tony

is (archaic) a simpleton.

As a verb ethan is

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tony

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , a short form of Anthony
  • Any of the statuettes awarded by the American Theatre Wing.

    • ethan

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • * :
    • For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
  • * 1889 John Langdon Heaton: The Story of Vermont: p.90 :
    • There have been Ethan' Allen mills, '''Ethan''' Allen stock companies, '''Ethan''' Allen fire companies and ' Ethan Allen streets. The name of the daring partisan leader has been used in Vermont much as that of Washington throughout the Union.
  • * 2001 , Alfred A. Knopf 2001, Back When We Were Grownups , ISBN 0375412530, page 88:
    • They would have named him something dignified: Ethan , or Tristram. Something that couldn't easily be shortened.

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