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Chan vs Chaw - What's the difference?

chan | chaw |

As nouns the difference between chan and chaw

is that chan is foot, leg while chaw is (informal|uncountable) chewing tobacco.

As a verb chaw is

(archaic|or|nonstandard) to chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud); to champ (at the bit).

chan

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • An IRC channel.
  • * 1997', "Dominic Donegan", ''Is there a #nethack '''chan on IRC?'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.roguelike.nethack )
    • I tried, but I never get anyone in the chan ! I don't know how/where to advertise... maybe we should set up a meeting time or something?
    Derived terms
    * chanop

    Etymology 2

    From , a popular imageboard.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An imageboard.
    • English 4chan slang ---- ==Ch'orti'==

    Noun

    (head)
  • snake
    • ----

    chaw

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
    • When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to chaw , but then developed cancer of the mouth.
  • (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.
    • My uncle's way to convince us not to use tobacco was to give us each a big chaw , and then get us to swallow it.
  • * 1889 , , Chapter XXI,
    • "YOU give him a chaw', did you? So did your sister's cat's grandmother. You pay me back the ' chaws you've awready borry'd off'n me, Lafe Buckner, then I'll loan you one or two ton of it, and won't charge you no back intrust, nuther."
  • (obsolete) The jaw.
    • (Spenser)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic, or, nonstandard) To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud); to champ (at the bit).
    • (Spenser)
  • * Surrey
    • The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped, / Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood.
  • * 1884 , , Chapter XXIX,
  • To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
    • (Dryden)
  • (UK, slang) To steal.
    • Some pikey's chawed my bike.
    Appalachian English