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Dahn vs Darn - What's the difference?

dahn | darn |

As adverbs the difference between dahn and darn

is that dahn is eye dialect of down while darn is damned.

As a preposition dahn

is eye dialect of down.

As an adjective darn is

damn.

As an interjection darn is

damn.

As a verb darn is

euphemism of damn.

As a noun darn is

a place mended by darning.

dahn

English

Adverb

(-)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1920, author=Fritz August Voigt, title=Combed Out, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=At the end o' the six paces yer cuts yer 'and away an' brings it smartly dahn ter yer side an' looks to yer front. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1904, author=David Christie Murray, title=VC -- A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He's got a kind of a way with him an' he sits dahn with the like of huz, and he talks to us as if we was men in place o' bein' cattle, which is the way with most on 'em. }}

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • * 2007 , Howard Whitehouse, Bill Slavin, The Faceless Fiend: The Faceless Fiend: Being the Tale of a Criminal Mastermind, His Masked Minions and a Princess with a Butter Knife, Involving Explosives and a Certain Amount of Pushing and Shoving, Book 2
  • *:“So, wot, people'd pay to throw you dahn the stairs? Dunno abaht that. People in these parts is used to throwing one another dahn stairs for free.

    • darn

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alteration of

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (euphemistic) Damn.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * darn tootin'

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (degree, euphemistic) Damned.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (euphemistic) Damn.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * darn tootin'

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Euphemism of damn.
    • Synonyms
    * dang * damn

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.
    • I need to darn these socks again.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings.
    Related terms
    * darning needle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place mended by darning.

    • Anagrams

    * * * English degree adverbs