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Batman vs Orphan - What's the difference?

batman | orphan |

As nouns the difference between batman and orphan

is that batman is a servant or valet to an army officer while orphan is a person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

As a proper noun Batman

is a province in Turkey.

As an adjective orphan is

deprived of parents (also {{term|orphaned}}).

As a verb orphan is

to deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive.

batman

English

Etymology 1

, from (etyl) bast. "batman." Dictionary.com. ''Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.

Noun

(batmen)
  • (military) A servant or valet to an army officer.
    • See also
    * batty man

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) batman. "batman." Dictionary.com. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. MICRA, Inc. 2009.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of weight used in the East.

    • References

    Anagrams

    * ----

    orphan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person, especially a , both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
  • * '>citation
  • A young animal with no mother.
  • (figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's or decision to abandon.
  • (typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
  • (computing) Any unreferenced object.

    • Derived terms

    * orphanage * orphancy * orphandom * orphanhood * orphaner * orphanet * orphan initialism * orphanism * orphanity * orphanize * orphanotropism * orphanry * orphanship * orphany

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Deprived of parents (also (orphaned)).
    • She is an orphan child.
  • (by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
    • With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program.

    Related terms

    * orphan drug

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive )
    • What do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?
  • (computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
    • When you removed that image tag, you orphaned the resized icon.
    Removing categories orphans pages from the main category tree.

    References

    * " orphan" at OneLook® Dictionary Search .