As nouns the difference between fauna and faun
is that fauna is animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc while faun is a woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
As a proper noun Fauna
is the goddess of animals, nature, spring and fertility; she is also the consort of Faunus.
fauna
English
Noun
(uncountable) animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
(countable) a book, cataloguing the animals of a country etc.
Derived terms
* aquafauna
* epifauna
* faunal
* infauna
* macrofauna
* megafauna
* meiofauna
* mesofauna
* microfauna
Coordinate terms
* flora
faun
English
Alternative forms
* faune (rare or archaic)
Noun
(
en noun)
(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
Synonyms
* satyr
