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Groan vs Roan - What's the difference?

groan | roan |

As nouns the difference between groan and roan

is that groan is a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief while roan is an animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.

As a verb groan

is to make a groan.

As an adjective roan is

especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.

groan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
  • A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a groan.
    • We groaned at his awful jokes.
    The wooden table groaned under the weight of the banquet.
  • (obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.
  • * Herbert
    • Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, / Or that which groaneth to be so.

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    roan

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
  • Made of the leather called roan.
    • roan binding

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
  • The color of such an animal.
  • A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
    • (DeColange)

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