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Barton vs Baton - What's the difference?

barton | baton |

As a noun barton

is a farmyard.

As a proper noun baton is

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barton

English

Proper noun

(wikipedia Barton) (en proper noun)
  • Any of many placenames in England
  • from the placenames.
  • A ghost town and a community in California
  • A town in Maryland
  • A town in New York
  • A community in Nova Scotia
  • A town, a village and a river in Vermont
  • A town in Wisconsin

    • Derived terms

    * bartonite

    baton

    English

    (wikipedia baton)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal
  • (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
  • (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
  • (lb) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).
  • (heraldiccharge) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
  • (heraldiccharge) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.

    • Derived terms

    * batonic

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strike with a baton.

    • References

    * * The Observer's Book of Heraldry , by Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, p. 58.

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