Brant vs Grant - What's the difference?
brant | grant |
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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To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
* 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
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To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
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To assent; to consent.
The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
(legal) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.
(informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
As proper nouns the difference between brant and grant
is that brant is while grant is and a scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".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 .
Alternative forms
* (l) (transitive )Verb
(head)grant
English
Alternative forms
* graunt (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)page 548:
- He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.
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- The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.
Noun
(en noun)- I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.''