different between carl vs steve

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of churl.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??l?/

Noun

carl (plural carls)

1. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
2. (Scotland, obsolete) A stingy person; a niggard.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Alternative forms

• carle

Verb

carl (third-person singular simple present carls, present participle carling, simple past and past participle carled)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
   • , New York 2001, p.210:

     […] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]

Anagrams

• ACLR, CRLA

Old English

Etymology

From Old Norse karl (Swedish karl (“man”)), from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (“man, male”). Cognate with Old High German karl, karal and related to Old English ?eorl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?rl/, [k?r?l]

Noun

carl m

1. a freeman, a man of middle rank or social class (in Norse and Anglo-Saxon society)
2. (by extension) a man
3. (by extension, in compounds) a male

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v
• Homophone: steeve

Etymology 1

Clipping of stevedore.

Verb

steve (third-person singular simple present steves, present participle steving, simple past and past participle steved)

1. To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.

Etymology 2

Decapitalization of STEVE.

Noun

steve (plural steves)

1. Alternative form of STEVE

References

• (stevedore derived):
• steve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• evets