Brans vs Brant - What's the difference?
brans | brant |
Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta'', that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, ''Branta bernicla .
(dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
* Ascham
(Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
* Burns
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As a noun brans
is .As a proper noun brant is
.brant
English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain but similar to brandgas (sheldrake).Noun
(en-noun)See also
* ("brant" on Wikipedia) * (Branta)Etymology 2
From (etyl) brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Icelandic brattr .Alternative forms
* brentAdjective
(en adjective)- Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
- Your bonnie brow was brent .
