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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)
  • 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)
  • ----

    grant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * graunt (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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), 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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
  • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]}}
  • To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
  • * , Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":
  • 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.
  • To assent; to consent.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.''
  • (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).