Ann vs Anon - What's the difference?
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* 1903 , Man and Superman : Act I:
* 1969 Constance Urdang, Natural History , Harper&Row 1969, page 61:
* 2005 , In Sheep's Clothing , Dafina Books, ISBN 0758203446, page 129:
(archaic) Straightway; at once.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
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* {{quote-book, year = 1866
, author = Algernon Swinburne
, authorlink = Algernon Swinburne
, title = After death
, section = lines 47–50
}}
Soon; in a little while.
* {{quote-book, year = 1598
, author = John Stow
, authorlink = John Stow
, title = A Suruay of London
, ol = 18584211M
, passage = for as much as the same consisteth not in the extreames, but in a verie mediocritie of wealth and riches, as it shall better appeare anone .
, transliteration = forasmuch as the same consisteth not in the extremes, but in a very mediocrity of wealth and riches, as it shall better appear anon .
}}
At another time; then; again.
* {{quote-book, year = 1593
, author = William Shakespeare
, authorlink = William Shakespeare
, title =
, ol = 18594545M
}}
An anonymous person, especially an author
* 1904 , Thomas Wright, The Life of Edward Fitzgerald , vol. 1, page 94
* 1940 , , "Anon".
* 2004 , Jane Milling, Peter Thomson, Joseph W. Donohue, Baz Kershaw, The Cambridge History of British Theatre , page 207
* 2006 , J. Michael Walton, Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English , page 185
A work with an unknown author
* 1984 , Helen Hooven Santmyer, "...And Ladies of the Club" , page 214
A work without a title
anonymous
As proper nouns the difference between ann and anon
is that ann is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew}} while Anon is the name given when an author's name is unknown.As nouns the difference between ann and anon
is that ann is abbreviation of lang=en while anon is an anonymous person, especially an author.As adjectives the difference between ann and anon
is that ann is abbreviation of lang=en while anon is anonymous.As an initialism ANN
is artificial neural network.As an adverb anon is
straightway; at once.ann
English
Alternative forms
* AnneProper noun
(en proper noun)- RAMSDEN . When you say Ann , you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield.
- TANNER''. I mean our Ann''', your '''Ann''', Tavy's '''Ann''', and now, Heaven help me, my ' Ann .
- Given a perfectly good American name like Ann , she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.
- "Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it."
- "Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?"
Usage notes
* Popular since fourteenth century due to the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary. * A very common middle name since the 20th century.Adjective
(-)Anagrams
* English proper nouns ----anon
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), from on (in) + an (one). See on and one.Adverb
(-)- CALIBAN: Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon , / I know it by thy trembling: now Prosper works upon thee.
- But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- The dead man answered thus:
- “What good gift shall God give us?”
- The boards answered him anon :
- “Flesh to feed hell's worm upon.”
- Sometimes he trots, as if he told the steps,
- With gentle majesty and modest pride;
- Anon he rears upright, curvets and leaps,
- As who should say, lo! thus my strength is try'd...
Derived terms
* ever and anon * still and anonEtymology 2
From (anonymous), by shorteningNoun
(en noun)- Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons
- Every body shared in the emotion of Anons' [''sic''] song .... ' Anon is sometimes man, sometimes woman....
- Indeed, virtually every known playwright (and probably most of those 'anons' ) occupied some position in one or more of the patronage networks
- those identified by initials only and the 'Anons' (some of whom are here unmasked)
- On the floor again she came upon a couple of "Anons " and frowned at them: Ought We to Visit Her'' and ''Cast Away in The Cold . Those would certainly do very well on the top shelf.
