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Peat vs Pean - What's the difference?

peat | pean |

As a proper noun peat

is .

As a noun pean is

paean.

peat

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown; perhaps a borrowing from an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source.

Noun

  • Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas.
    • Derived terms
    * peaty
    See also
    * (wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.
  • * 1594 , , I. i. 78 :
    • And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat !

    Anagrams

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    pean

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (tincture) A heraldic fur of yellow spots on a black field.

    • Anagrams

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