Godmother vs Vang - What's the difference?
godmother | vang |
A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
To act as godmother to.
* 1909 , H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay
(dialectal, or, obsolete) To take; undertake for.
(dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the Font; be godfather or godmother to.
(nautical) A boom vang, a strap or line which exerts downward pressure on the boom near where it joins the mast of a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat.
(nautical) A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position
As nouns the difference between godmother and vang
is that godmother is a woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child while vang is a boom vang, a strap or line which exerts downward pressure on the boom near where it joins the mast of a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat.As verbs the difference between godmother and vang
is that godmother is to act as godmother to while vang is to take; undertake for.godmother
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(en noun)Synonyms
* co-mother * cummerVerb
(en verb)- The servants took to her – as they say – she godmothered three Susans during her rule, the coachman's, the gardener's and the Up Hill gamekeeper's.
