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Lawn vs Lane - What's the difference?

lawn | lane |

As nouns the difference between lawn and lane

is that lawn is an open space between woods while lane is a narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.

As proper nouns the difference between lawn and lane

is that lawn is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador while Lane is {{surname|topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived in a lane.

lawn

English

(wikipedia lawn)

Etymology 1

Early Modern English "; Old Norse & Old English land

Noun

  • An open space between woods.
  • Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
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  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,
  • (lb) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
  • Derived terms
    * lawn mower * lawned

    Etymology 2

    Apparently from (Laon) , a town in France known for its linen manufacturing.

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), Dracula :
  • The stream had trickled over her chin and stained the purity of her lawn death robe.
  • * 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 144:
  • He looked through the glass at the fire, set it down on the end of the desk and wiped his lips with a sheer lawn handkerchief.
  • (in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
  • (countable, obsolete) A piece of clothing made from lawn.
  • * 1910 , Margaret Hill McCarter, The Price of the Prairie :
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    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

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