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Pun vs Mun - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between pun and mun

is that pun is a joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused while mun is urine.

As a verb pun

is to beat; strike with force; ram; pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder or pun can be to make or tell a pun; make a play on words.

pun

English

(wikipedia pun)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at (l).

Verb

  • To beat; strike with force; ram; pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He would pun thee into shivers with his fist.

    Etymology 2

    From a special use of Etymology 1 .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , title=(Mansfield Park) , last=Austen , first=Jane , authorlink=Jane Austen , year=1814 citation , volume=one, chapter VI , publisher= }}
    "Certainly, my home at my uncle's brought me acquainted with a circle of admirals. Of Rears'' and ''Vices I saw enough. Now do not be suspecting me of a pun , I entreat."
  • *:Comment : Austen was likely referring to spanking/flogging, then common naval punishments, known as (le vice Anglais) .
    • Usage notes
    * Because some puns are based on pronunciation, puns are more obvious when spoken aloud. For example: “This rock is gneiss, but don’t take it for granite.” This reads (with a US accent) similarly to “This rock is nice, but don’t take it for granted.” (Both “gneiss” and “granite” are types of rock.)
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Verb

  • To make or tell a pun; make a play on words.
    • We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.
    See also
    * antanaclasis * paronomasia

    Anagrams

    * ----

    mun

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ." mun" on collinsdictionary.com

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (head)
  • Must.
  • * 1894 , M E Francis, In a North Country Village
    • Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.

    References

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ; compare mouth

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, dialect) The mouth, jaw.
  • *

    • Etymology 3

    From (mundane) by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (gaming) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online one.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=1997, date=29 October, author=
    • Jade [username], title=Re: Male dragon in need of mate ^_^ citation
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=1999, date=4 November, author=
    • Milelarau [username], title=Re: Roleplaying citation
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2001, date=31 December, author=
    • JamesStein, title=Sucessfully Powering Down a Campaign citation
  • *
    • Synonyms
    * roleplayer, RPer

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ----