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Annet vs Anent - What's the difference?

annet | anent |

As a noun annet

is alternative form of ennet "duck".

As a preposition anent is

concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as.

annet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • ("duck").
  • ----

    anent

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (archaic) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as
  • * 1922 , ,
  • Mr Bloom and Stephen entered the cabman’s shelter, an unpretentious wooden structure, where, prior to then, he had rarely, if ever, been before; the former having previously whispered to the latter a few hints anent the keeper of it
  • * 1955 , ,
  • The wings of the driver's Marlenesque nose shone, having shed or burned up their ration of powder, and she kept up an elegant monologue anent the local traffic
  • * 1984 , New York Times ,
  • This question remains a vital consideration anent the debate over the possibility of limiting nuclear war to military objectives,
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=2015 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=LT Wolf , title=The World King , chapter= , url= , genre=fiction , publisher= , isbn=978-1-312-37454-6 , page= , passage=The invasion of privacy anent banking and financial activities was mainly an outcome of the income tax and the Drug War }}
  • (obsolete) In the opinion or judgment of
  • (obsolete) Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side
  • :* ... if Painter did ever abide in the old bark mill said to be anent his brother's freehold.'' — R.T. Smith, ''Ina Grove , The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 81, Iss. 4; pg. 230, 25 pgs, 2005
  • (obsolete) In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.
  • References

    * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (Webster 1913) ----