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Lane vs Vane - What's the difference?

lane | vane |

As a verb lane

is borrow.

As a noun vane is

crease, fold.

lane

English

(wikipedia lane)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
  • A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles
  • A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart
  • A course designated for ships or aircraft
  • (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
  • Derived terms

    * laneway * memory lane * shipping lane * swimlane

    See also

    * alley * alleyway * carriageway * direction * gennel, ginnel, guinnel, gunnel, jennel * gitty, jitty * side * passage * roadway * snicket * wynd

    Anagrams

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    vane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) A weather vane.
  • Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
  • (ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
  • A sight on a sextant or compass.
  • One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
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