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Nan vs Mom - What's the difference?

nan | mom |

As nouns the difference between nan and mom

is that nan is affectionate name for a grandmother while mom is mother, momma.

As proper nouns the difference between nan and mom

is that nan is {{given name|female|diminutive=Ann}} and Nancy while Mom is one's mother.

As initialisms the difference between nan and mom

is that nan is NMDA Antagonist Neurotoxicity while MOM is initialism of message-oriented middleware|lang=en hardware or software infrastructure supporting sending and receiving of messages between distributed systems.

As an adjective MoM is

month-over-month; compared to the same time period in the previous month.

nan

English

Etymology 1

Possibly derived from a (etyl) language.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) Affectionate name for a grandmother.
    • Synonyms
    * nana * nanna

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----

    mom

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mam * Mom * mum, Mum (qualifier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, West Midlands, colloquial, familiar) mother, momma.

    • Usage notes

    * "Mom" is capitalized when used as a proper noun, but not when used as a common noun: *: I think Mom likes my new car. *: I think my mom will like you.

    See also

    * Mother’s Day *

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----