Canon vs Anon - What's the difference?
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A generally accepted principle; a rule.
* Shakespeare
(literary) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
(fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.
(cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
(printing) The largest size of type with a specific name, formerly used for printing the canons of the church.
(senseid)The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
(billiards) A carom.
(archaic) Straightway; at once.
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* {{quote-book, year = 1866
, author = Algernon Swinburne
, authorlink = Algernon Swinburne
, title = After death
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Soon; in a little while.
* {{quote-book, year = 1598
, author = John Stow
, authorlink = John Stow
, title = A Suruay of London
, ol = 18584211M
, passage = for as much as the same consisteth not in the extreames, but in a verie mediocritie of wealth and riches, as it shall better appeare anone .
, transliteration = forasmuch as the same consisteth not in the extremes, but in a very mediocrity of wealth and riches, as it shall better appear anon .
}}
At another time; then; again.
* {{quote-book, year = 1593
, author = William Shakespeare
, authorlink = William Shakespeare
, title =
, ol = 18594545M
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An anonymous person, especially an author
* 1904 , Thomas Wright, The Life of Edward Fitzgerald , vol. 1, page 94
* 1940 , , "Anon".
* 2004 , Jane Milling, Peter Thomson, Joseph W. Donohue, Baz Kershaw, The Cambridge History of British Theatre , page 207
* 2006 , J. Michael Walton, Found in Translation: Greek Drama in English , page 185
A work with an unknown author
* 1984 , Helen Hooven Santmyer, "...And Ladies of the Club" , page 214
A work without a title
anonymous
As nouns the difference between canon and anon
is that canon is a generally accepted principle; a rule while anon is an anonymous person, especially an author.As an adverb anon is
straightway; at once.As an adjective anon is
anonymous.As a proper noun Anon is
the name given when an author's name is unknown.canon
English
(wikipedia canon)Noun
(en noun)- The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
- Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
- (turn into real quote) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron
- the entire Shakespeare canon
- We must proceed according to canon law.
- Pachelbel’s ''Canon'' has become very popular.
- A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon .
- a canon of beef or lamb
- (Knight)
Derived terms
* canon law * canonic * canonicity * canonical * canonise, canonize * canonisation, canonization * canonist * deuterocanonical * noncanonicalAnagrams
* ----anon
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), from on (in) + an (one). See on and one.Adverb
(-)- CALIBAN: Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon , / I know it by thy trembling: now Prosper works upon thee.
- But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- The dead man answered thus:
- “What good gift shall God give us?”
- The boards answered him anon :
- “Flesh to feed hell's worm upon.”
- Sometimes he trots, as if he told the steps,
- With gentle majesty and modest pride;
- Anon he rears upright, curvets and leaps,
- As who should say, lo! thus my strength is try'd...
Derived terms
* ever and anon * still and anonEtymology 2
From (anonymous), by shorteningNoun
(en noun)- Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons
- Every body shared in the emotion of Anons' [''sic''] song .... ' Anon is sometimes man, sometimes woman....
- Indeed, virtually every known playwright (and probably most of those 'anons' ) occupied some position in one or more of the patronage networks
- those identified by initials only and the 'Anons' (some of whom are here unmasked)
- On the floor again she came upon a couple of "Anons " and frowned at them: Ought We to Visit Her'' and ''Cast Away in The Cold . Those would certainly do very well on the top shelf.