Mankind vs Mans - What's the difference?
mankind | mans |
The human race in its entirety.
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, passage=More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.}}
Men collectively, as opposed to all women.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
(lb) Human feelings; humanity.
:(Ben Jonson)
(man)
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As a proper noun mankind
is (quranic) the 114th sura (chapter) of the quran.As a noun mans is
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English
Noun
(-)Internal Combustion
Synonyms
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* (all men) womankindExternal links
* *mans
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Verb
(head)- Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?