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Maud vs Mand - What's the difference?

maud | mand |

As nouns the difference between maud and mand

is that maud is a grey plaid once worn by shepherds in scotland while mand is pine.

maud

English

Alternative forms

* Maude

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1591 William Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors : Act III, Scene I:
  • Dromio of Ephesus . Maud , Bridget, Marian, Cicely, Gillian, Ginn!
    Dromio of Syracuse . Mome, malt-horse, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch! - - - Dost thou conjure for wenches, that thou call'st for such a store
  • * 1855 :
  • Come into the garden, Maud', / For the black bat, night, has flown, / Come into the garden, ' Maud , / I am here at the gate alone;

    Anagrams

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    mand

    English

    Etymology 1

    Introduced by B. F. Skinner.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (psychology) A verbal operant in which the response is reinforced by a characteristic consequence and is therefore under the functional control of relevant conditions of deprivation or aversive stimulation.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (psychology) To produce a mand (verbal operant).
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A demand.
  • (Webster 1913) ----