Blown vs Clown - What's the difference?
blown | clown |
distended, swollen or inflated
panting and out of breath
(of glass) Formed by blowing
Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
(obsolete) stale; worthless
* Sir Walter Scott
Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
(automotive) Given a hot rod blower
A performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick.
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
(UK) A stupid person.
(obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
(obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
* Cowper
In obsolete terms the difference between blown and clown
is that blown is stale; worthless while clown is one who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.As verbs the difference between blown and clown
is that blown is past participle of lang=en while clown is to act in a silly fashion.As an adjective blown
is distended, swollen or inflated.As a noun clown is
a performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick.blown
English
Adjective
(-)- Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas.
- Their horses much blown .
Derived terms
* endblown * full-blown * sideblownclown
English
Noun
(wikipedia clown) (en noun)- (Sir Philip Sidney)
- The clown , the child of nature, without guile.