Bra vs Brown - What's the difference?
bra | brown |
(physics) One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the other being the ket .
A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
Black tar heroin.
(sometimes capitalised) A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance
Having a brown colour.
(obsolete) Gloomy.
To become brown.
(cooking) To cook something until it becomes brown.
To tan.
To make brown or dusky.
* Barlow
To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
As nouns the difference between bra and brown
is that bra is a brassiere while brown is a colour like that of chocolate or coffee.As an adjective brown is
having a brown colour.As a verb brown is
to become brown.As a proper noun Brown is
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English
Etymology 1
Shortened from brassiere.Derived terms
* maternity bra * nursing bra * peek-a-boo bra * push-up bra * sports bra * training bra * underwired braEtymology 2
From bracketNoun
(en noun)Antonyms
* ketEtymology 3
Representing a different pronunciation of bro , meaning brotherAnagrams
* English three-letter words ----brown
English
(wikipedia brown)Noun
(en noun)- The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
Adjective
(en-adj)Antonyms
* (having brown as its colour) nonbrownDescendants
* American Sign Language:Verb
(en verb)- Fry the onions until they brown .
- Brown the onions in a large frying pan.
- Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
- A trembling twilight o'er the welkin moves, / Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves.
- (Ure)
- the browning of America