Cannot vs Cants - What's the difference?
cannot | cants |
not (am/is/are unable to).
Am/are/is forbidden or not permitted to
* 1668 December 19, , “Mr.'' Alexander Seaton ''contra'' Menzies” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
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As verbs the difference between cannot and cants
is that cannot is not (am/is/are unable to) while cants is (cant).As nouns the difference between cannot and cants
is that cannot is something that cannot be done while cants is .cannot
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