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Pelican vs Sean - What's the difference?

pelican | sean |

As nouns the difference between pelican and sean

is that pelican is pelican (any of various seabirds of the family pelecanidae) while sean is sign, omen.

As a verb sean is

to mark with a sign, to bless or sean can be to deny:.

pelican

English

(wikipedia pelican)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
  • A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.
  • (chemistry, obsolete) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.

    • Derived terms

    * pelican crossing * (pelican spider) * pelicanist

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    sean

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1874 , Edmund William Hunt Holdsworth, Deep-sea fishing and fishing boats (page 157)
    • Seaning is conducted on a large scale at St. Ives for the capture of pilchards
    (Webster 1913) ----