Hen vs Fen - What's the difference?
hen | fen |
(dialectal) To throw.
A female bird.
(specifically ) A female chicken, especially one kept for its eggs.
* , title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 (slang) A woman.
(informal) The woman whose impending marriage is being celebrated at a hen night.
a type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline
* 1842 ,
a plural form of fan used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc.
* 1951 , Winthrop Sargeant, Through the Interstellar Looking Glass'' (in ''Life magazine, 21 May 1951)
hen
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) henne, heonne, hinne, from earlier henene, heonenen, henen, from (etyl) heonan, hionan, heonane, . See also (l).Etymology 2
From , or a variant of hench.Verb
(henn)Etymology 3
From (etyl), from (etyl) henn, .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen , the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}
Derived terms
* henbane * hen harrier * hen party * henpecked * mother henSee also
* * broodyAnagrams
* * 1000 English basic words ----fen
English
(wikipedia fen)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp / The hunted Negro lay; [...]
Derived terms
* fenlike * fennishSee also
* bog * everglade * marsh * swamp * wetlandEtymology 2
From (fan), by analogy with (men) as the plural of (man).Noun
fen' (p) (''singular:'' ' fan )- Sad to relate, however, some of the European delegates were probably insurgents rather than true fen .