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Gown vs Lown - What's the difference?

gown | lown |

As nouns the difference between gown and lown

is that gown is a loose, flowing upper garment while lown is a low fellow.

As a verb gown

is to dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.

As an adjective lown is

peaceful, calm.

gown

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A loose, flowing upper garment.
  • A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
  • The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
  • # The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
  • (by metonymy) The university community.
    • In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.
  • A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
  • Any sort of dress or garb.
  • The robe worn by a surgeon.

    • Derived terms

    * dressing gown * town and gown

    Verb

  • To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.

    • References

    Anagrams

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    lown

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) logn'', ''lygn .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (Scotland) peaceful, calm
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "lown")

    References

    * lown in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary

    Etymology 2

    See (loon).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A low fellow.