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Mane vs Mange - What's the difference?

mane | mange |

Mange is a alternative form of mane.



As nouns the difference between mane and mange

is that mane is longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion while mange is a skin disease of mammals caused by parasitic mites.

mane

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
  • * 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
  • Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane , and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
  • Long or thick hair of a person's head.
  • Anagrams

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    mange

    English

    (wikipedia mange)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (pathology) A skin disease of mammals caused by parasitic mites.
  • Derived terms

    * mangy

    See also

    * scabies

    Anagrams

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