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Awny vs Tawny - What's the difference?

awny | tawny |

As adjectives the difference between awny and tawny

is that awny is having awns; bearded, bristly while tawny is of a light brown to brownish orange colour.

As a noun tawny is

a light brown to brownish orange colour.

awny

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Having awns; bearded, bristly

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    tawny

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of a light brown to brownish orange colour
  • * 1908 ,
    • They fell a-twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls.

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    Noun

  • A light brown to brownish orange colour

    • Derived terms

    * tawny owl * tawny port