Kowtow vs Fawn - What's the difference?
kowtow | fawn |
To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.
To bow very deeply.
(figuratively) To act in a very submissive manner.
A young deer.
A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
(obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp.
* Holland
Of the fawn colour.
To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on'' or ''upon ).
* Shakespeare
* Milton
* Macaulay
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In lang=en terms the difference between kowtow and fawn
is that kowtow is to bow very deeply while fawn is to seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on'' or ''upon ).As verbs the difference between kowtow and fawn
is that kowtow is to kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground while fawn is to give birth to a fawn or fawn can be to exhibit affection or attempt to please.As nouns the difference between kowtow and fawn
is that kowtow is the act of kowtowing while fawn is a young deer.As an adjective fawn is
of the fawn colour.kowtow
English
Alternative forms
* kotowVerb
(en verb)See also
* prostratefawn
English
(wikipedia fawn)Etymology 1
From (etyl) faon.Noun
(en noun)- [The tigress] after her fawns .
Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* fawn lilyEtymology 2
From (etyl) fawnen, from (etyl) fahnian, fagnian, . See also fain.Verb
(en verb)- You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.
- Thou with trembling fear, / Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.
- courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him
citation, passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}