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Kan vs Dan - What's the difference?

kan | dan |

As nouns the difference between kan and dan

is that kan is archaic form of lang=en while dan is a rank of black belt in martial arts.

As proper nouns the difference between kan and dan

is that kan is {{surname|lang=en|from=Japanese}}, from Japanese while Dan is the fifth son of Jacob, whose mother was his wife's handmaid Bilhah.

kan

English

Noun

(en noun)
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    dan

    English

    (dan rank)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rank of black belt in martial arts
  • Someone who has achieved a level of black belt

    • Etymology 2

    Uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl)

    Noun

  • (obsolete)
  • * Spenser
    • Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright / The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell.
  • * Thomson
    • What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land.
    (Webster 1913)

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