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Brant vs Crant - What's the difference?

brant | crant |

As nouns the difference between brant and crant

is that brant is any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla while crant is garland or crown.

As an adjective brant

is steep, precipitous.

As a proper noun Brant

is {{surname}.

brant

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain but similar to brandgas (sheldrake).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta'', that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, ''Branta bernicla .

    • See also

    * ("brant" on Wikipedia) * (Branta)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Icelandic brattr .

    Alternative forms

    * brent

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
  • * Ascham
    • Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
  • (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
  • * Burns
    • Your bonnie brow was brent .
    ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (transitive )

    Verb

    (head)
    • ----

    crant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) garland or crown
  • *1602 : , act V scene 1
  • *:Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants