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Fawned vs Mawned - What's the difference?

fawned | mawned |

As verbs the difference between fawned and mawned

is that fawned is (fawn) while mawned is (mawn).

fawned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fawn)

  • fawn

    English

    (wikipedia fawn)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) faon.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young deer.
  • A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
  • (obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp.
  • * Holland
  • [The tigress] after her fawns .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the fawn colour.
  • Derived terms
    * fawn lily

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give birth to a fawn.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) fawnen, from (etyl) fahnian, fagnian, . See also fain.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
  • To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on'' or ''upon ).
  • * Shakespeare
  • You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.
  • * Milton
  • Thou with trembling fear, / Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.
  • * Macaulay
  • courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him
  • *
  • , title=The Mirror and the Lamp , chapter=2 citation , passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}
  • (of a dog) To wag its tail, to show devotion.
  • Synonyms
    * (seek favour by flattery) grovel, wheedle
    Derived terms
    * fawn over

    See also

    *

    References

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    mawned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mawn)

  • mawn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, immediately after waking up or when recovering from sleep.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of ; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, because one is waking up.
  • (Scotland, dialect) A maund; a basket or hamper.
  • * '>citation
  • A ghost.
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  • Antonyms

    * To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired: yawn ----