What's the difference between ambrose and patronymic?

Ambrose


Definition:

  • (n.) A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Acanthamoeba culbertsoni was isolated from a sewage-spoil dump site near Ambrose Light, New York Bight.
  • (2) Updated at 6.04pm BST 5.31pm BST 75 mins "Genuinely surprised that Matthews and Ambrose were left on the bench for Celtic today," says a shocked Michael Cafferky.
  • (3) The Saddlers led twice but were eventually pegged back by former Newcastle winger Darren Ambrose with ten minutes remaining, before O’Connor rescued a point.
  • (4) 5.25pm BST 24 min: Moses and Ambrose take turns to worry France down the right, after Nigeria escape from the aforementioned double-corner hell on a quick break.
  • (5) Last year's final, when Simon Ambrose was hired, was up against ITV's juggernaut Britain's Got Talent and drew an average of 6.8 million viewers.
  • (6) Peter Ambrose, director of conveyancing firm The Partnership, has a client who will exchange and complete simultaneously to meet the deadline and save £2,500.
  • (7) After the introduction of computed tomography through G. Hounsfield and its clinical further development by J. Ambrose, this method of examination has proved its importance especially with regard to examination of the skull and brain.
  • (8) We wait 45 seconds for the first foul, committed by Dejagah on Ambrose.
  • (9) One possible mitigating difference between Vidal and the likes of Jimmy Savile is that it seems clear Savile used (and perhaps even pursued) his chosen profession in order to have access to potential victims, whereas it must be unlikely that Vidal, if guilty, lured his targets by inviting them to help with a New York Review of Books piece on Ambrose Bierce or Edith Wharton.
  • (10) 9.32pm BST 73 min: Musa spots Ambrose on the overlap but decides to knock the ball behind for a goal-kick instead, just for a laugh.
  • (11) Examination was performed according to Ambrose's method using an intravenous injection of 1 ml 60% contrast medium per kg body weight.
  • (12) Coronary angiography made during the first hospitalization showed that 40% of the patients exhibited a "complicated lesion" of the symptom-related artery, which further transformed to an uncomplicated one (Type I stenosis according to the classification by J. Ambrose et al.
  • (13) Deila put on top scorer Griffiths for the start of the second half in place of Ciftci but the nervousness in the Hoops defence – especially when Efe Ambrose was in possession – gave Thistle continuing encouragement.
  • (14) It was a bold move, presumably intended both to put pressure on Efe Ambrose, preventing him from getting forward from right-back, and also to get Pjanic on the ball more in dangerous areas.
  • (15) The former shows concentric smooth border, the latter shows eccentric irregular border and multiple irregular border according to the Ambrose classification.
  • (16) However, the Legia striker Miroslav Radovic levelled three minutes later and then notched another before the break, before Efe Ambrose was sent off a minute from the interval for a last-man challenge on Michal Kucharczyk.
  • (17) But to march in the parade next to the prime minister – not in my wildest dreams would I ever have thought about having a day like this.” Sunday’s Pride parade in Toronto – one of the country’s biggest – was attended by Canadian politicians from across the spectrum, including Rona Ambrose, the interim leader of the federal Conservatives, and the Green party’s Elizabeth May.
  • (18) 8.21pm BST 35 min: Canas becomes the second Karagandy player to go into the book after clumping into Ambrose.
  • (19) Headteacher, St. Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School, Swinton, Salford.
  • (20) Keshi rested several key players and selected a second-string side that included Shola Ameobi in attack while Efe Ambrose, Peter Odemwingie and Victor Moses were invited to sit on the bench.

Patronymic


Definition:

  • (a.) Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.
  • (n.) A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides, the son of Peleus; Johnson, the son of John; Macdonald, the son of Donald; Paulowitz, the son of Paul; also, the surname of a family; the family name.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tom Jaine writes: Robert Carrier was born Robert Carrier MacMahon, but dropped the patronymic when in France after the war: "It sounds good in French and it looks well visually," he remarked.
  • (2) Several explanations are offered for this, including polyphyletism of surnames and the presence of Scandinavian patronyms in this population.
  • (3) The Handmaid's Tale tells the story of Offred – not her real name, but the patronymic she has been given by the new regime in an oppressive parallel America of the future – and her role as a Handmaid.

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