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Jonah vs John - What's the difference?

jonah | john |

In given name|male|from=hebrew terms the difference between jonah and john

is that jonah is while john is very popular since the middle ages.

In biblical|lang=en terms the difference between jonah and john

is that jonah is (biblical) a minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a whale while john is (biblical) one of the books in the new testament of the bible, the epistles of john ().

As proper nouns the difference between jonah and john

is that jonah is while john is very popular since the middle ages.

jonah

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 2010 (w, Maggie O'Farrell), The Hand That First Held Mine , Headline, ISBN 9780755308453, page 165:
  • *:'It's Jonah ,' Ted says.
  • *:Simmy considers this. 'As in the whale?'
  • *:'Yep.'
  • *:'You know,' Simmy says, 'that people are going to say that to him for ever more?'
  • *:'What? The whale thing?'
  • *:'Yes.'
  • *:Ted shrugs again. 'Well. He'll get used to it. All names have got some associations. Anyway, he looks like a Jonah'. And I like the name ' Jonah —'
  • *:'Obviously,' Simmy cuts in, 'since you chose it.'
  • (biblical) A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a whale.
  • * :
    • So they took up Jonah , and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
  • A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  • (Quran) The 10th sura (chapter) of the Quran
  • (nautical, slang) A person who brings a ship bad luck.
  • (slang, by extension of the nautical sense) Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.
  • *1979 , , Smiley's People , Folio Society 2010, p. 61:
  • *:‘My first agent, and he's dead. It's incredible. I feel like a complete Jonah .’

    • Derived terms

    * Jonah fishing

    Related terms

    * Jonas * Jonasen * Jonasohn * Jonassen * Jonassohn * Jonasson

    References

    *

    john

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A prostitute's client.
  • * 2004 , Dennis Cooper, The Sluts , page 233
    • In the first part of the video, Thad sucks the john's cock and takes a load in his mouth.
  • * 2013 , McLachlin CJ, Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford ( 2013 SCC 72), para. 62
    • In-calls, where the john comes to the prostitute’s residence, are prohibited.
  • (slang, US) A lavatory, toilet.
  • (slang) An outhouse privy. Also johnny house.
  • (slang) A name often used as a generic reference to a male of European, North-American, or Australian origin, while travelling in East Asia.
  • A male mule.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, prostitute's client) see * (toilet) see

    Derived terms

    * port-o-john