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Brant vs Orant - What's the difference?

brant | orant |

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)
  • 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)
  • ----

    orant

    English

    (wikipedia orant)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An image of a person with hands up in prayer.
  • Synonyms

    * orans * orante

    Anagrams

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