Brant vs Orant - What's the difference?
brant | orant |
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 nouns the difference between brant and orant
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 orant is an image of a person with hands up in prayer.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)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 .