different between lucifer vs abaddon

English

Etymology

Originally a brand name for matches made by Samuel Jones from 1830, soon used generically for self-igniting matches of any brand. From lucifer (“bringer of light”)

Noun

lucifer (plural lucifers)

1. (Britain, archaic) A self-igniting match, ie. one which could be lit by striking on any surface (as opposed to safety matches which only light against the material on the side of the box).
   • 1915, George Asaf, song Pack up your Troubles

     While you’ve a lucifer to light your fag,
     Smile, boys, that’s the style.

Descendants

• ? Dutch: lucifer

Anagrams

• ferulic

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English lucifer, from Latin l?cifer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ly.si?f?r/
• Hyphenation: lu?ci?fer

Noun

lucifer m (plural lucifers, diminutive lucifertje n)

1. match

Synonyms

• (East and West Flanders, dialectical) stekske

Derived terms

• luciferboekje
• luciferdoos
• luciferkop
• strijklucifer
• veiligheidslucifer

Latin

Etymology

From l?x, l?cis (“light”) +? -i- +? -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lu?.ki.fer/, [???u?k?f?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lu.t??i.fer/, [?lu?t??if?r]

Adjective

l?cifer (feminine l?cifera, neuter l?ciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. light-bringing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

References

• lucifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lucifer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lucifer in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• lucifer in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lucifer in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Etymology

UK C19. From Abaddon, from Middle English, from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (Abadd?n, “Abaddon”), from Hebrew ?????? (?badd?n, “destruction, abyss”), from ???? (?bad, “to be lost, to perish”).

Noun

abaddon (plural abaddons)

1. (archaic, British slang) An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
   • c. 1839, Report of the Trial of the Great Gold Dust Robbery:

     The prisoner, Money Moses, better known among thieves and fences as Moses the abaddon, has been, to my knowledge, for the last twenty years a receiver and dealer in stolen property.

Synonyms

• grass, nark, stool pigeon, see Thesaurus:informant

References

• Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) , “abaddon”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771, page 2
• Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues?^[1], volume 1, page 3