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Hance vs Yance - What's the difference?

hance | yance |

As a verb hance

is to raise, to elevate.

As a noun hance

is a curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship.

As a proper noun Hance

is {{surname|patronymic|from=given names}.

As an adverb yance is

once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly.

hance

English

Etymology 1

See “enhance”.

Verb

(hanc)
  • (obsolete) To raise, to elevate.
    • (Lydgate)

    Etymology 2

    Anglo-Norman, from Old French haulce .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship.
  • * 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
    • He wears a minimal white cotton brief, and is pleased by the hance of its pouch, a catenary dip as he faces the mirror, the profile navicular and ostent.

    yance

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (dialect, Northern English dialect) once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly)

    • References

    * [2004], Griffiths, Bill, A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1-904794-16-5, page 191: * [1997], Leith, Dick, A Social History of English, Routledge, ISBN 0415097975, 9780415097970, page 45: