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Bant vs Brant - What's the difference?

bant | brant |

As nouns the difference between bant and brant

is that bant is {{cx|slang|lang=en}} banter while brant is any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

As an adjective brant is

steep, precipitous.

As a proper noun Brant is

{{surname}.

bant

English

Noun

(-)
  • banter
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    brant

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin uncertain but similar to brandgas (sheldrake).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta'', that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, ''Branta bernicla .

    • See also

    * ("brant" on Wikipedia) * (Branta)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Icelandic brattr .

    Alternative forms

    * brent

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
  • * Ascham
    • Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
  • (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
  • * Burns
    • Your bonnie brow was brent .
    ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (transitive )

    Verb

    (head)
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