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Chan vs Zen - What's the difference?

chan | zen |

As nouns the difference between chan and zen

is that chan is foot, leg while zen is (religion) a denomination of buddhism.

As an adjective zen is

(religion) pertaining to this denomination of buddhism.

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
    • ----

    zen

    English

    (wikipedia Zen)

    Alternative forms

    * zen

    Noun

    (-)
  • (religion) A denomination of Buddhism elaborated in Japan.
  • (informal) A philosophy of calm, reminiscent of that of the Buddhist denomination.

    • Related terms

    * Zenji

    Usage notes

    Usually capitalized in all senses, almost always when talking about the denomination proper (compare (Catholicism)), usually but less often when referring to a looser sense of the philosophy or calm: “That’s very zen.” versus “She studies Zen Buddhism.”

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) Extremely relaxed and collected.

    • Anagrams

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