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Dreadnaught vs Fearnaught - What's the difference?

dreadnaught | fearnaught |

As nouns the difference between dreadnaught and fearnaught

is that dreadnaught is while fearnaught is a fearless person.

dreadnaught

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • *1851 ,
    • Going to his heavy grego, or wrapall, or dreadnaught , which he had previously hung on a chair, he fumbled in the pockets, and produced at length a curious little deformed image with a hunch on its back, and exactly the colour of a three days' old Congo baby.

    Derived terms

    * super dreadnaught

    fearnaught

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fearnought

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fearless person.
  • A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught
  • (by extension) A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth.

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