Den vs Haven - What's the difference?
den | haven |
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
(UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
(reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
(a unit of weight)
A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
* Shakespeare
* Tennyson
(by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 21
, author=Helen Pidd
, title=Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis
, work=the Guardian
As a noun haven is
a harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.As a verb haven is
to put into, or provide with a haven.den
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) den, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a den of robbers
- Daniel was put into the lions’ den .
- a den of vice
- an opium den'''; a gambling '''den
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (home of certain animals) lair *: See also:Verb
(denn)Etymology 2
From (etyl) denier, from (etyl) denarius.Abbreviation
(Abbreviation) (head)Anagrams
* ----haven
English
Noun
(en noun)- what shipping and what lading's in our haven
- their haven under the hill
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