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Mand vs Maund - What's the difference?

mand | maund |

Maund is a descendant of mand.

Maund is a alternative form of mand.



In obsolete terms the difference between mand and maund

is that mand is a demand while maund is to mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.

As nouns the difference between mand and maund

is that mand is 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 while maund is a wicker basket.

As verbs the difference between mand and maund

is that mand is to produce a mand (verbal operant) while maund is to beg.

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) ----

    maund

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) maunde, mande, from (etyl) mand, . Cognate with Dutch mand, (etyl) mande, archaic German Mande, later influenced by (etyl) and (etyl) mande (< (etyl)). Related to (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wicker basket.
  • A unit of capacity with various specific local values.

    • Etymology 2

    (wikipedia maund) Anglicised pronunciation of a word in many southern and western Asian languages. The -d probably from assimilation with Etymology 1 above, or from comparison with pound. : Original root is unclear, but may be (etyl) , "to measure". :: Possibly cognate with (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * mun * man

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A unit of weight in southern and western Asia, whose value varied widely by location. Two maunds made one chest of opium in East India. One maund equalled 136 pounds of opium in Turkey.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White , Folio Society 2005, p. 410:
    • Now the rail has come, and the fire-carriage says buz-buz-buz'', and a hundred lakhs of ''maunds slide across that big bridge.
    Usage notes
    This spelling (maund ) is usually used for the unit in British India, equal to 25 pounds avoirdupois at Madras, 28 pounds avoirdupois at Bombay and 10 troy pounds at Calcutta. For the equivalent unit in the and in Persian- and Arabic-speaking countries, it is more usual to use the spelling mun'' or ''man (italicised to show that the word has not been assimilated into English).

    Etymology 3

    Unclear, but possibly from (etyl) mendier or , "to beg". Compare (etyl) mang, "to beg".

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) begging

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) to beg
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • (obsolete) To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.

    • Anagrams

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