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Keener vs Deener - What's the difference?

keener | deener |

As nouns the difference between keener and deener

is that keener is one who keens at a funeral while deener is a shilling.

As an adjective keener

is comparative of keen.

keener

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (keen)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) One who keens at a funeral.
  • (informal, UK, Canada) Someone who is excessively keen or eager, possibly making others look bad; a brown-noser.

    • deener

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (AU, slang) A shilling.
  • * 1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 370:
  • *:‘You're very fortunate.’ ‘I worked for it, every zac and deener .’