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Ran vs Lamp - What's the difference?

ran | lamp |

As a noun ran

is a robbery (act or practice of robbing).

As an acronym lamp is

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ran

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (run)
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nautical) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
  • Etymology 3

    (etyl) ran

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Open robbery.
  • (Lambarde)
    (Webster 1913)

    Statistics

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    lamp

    English

    (wikipedia lamp)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device that generates heat, light or other radiation.
  • A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
  • A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
  • Derived terms

    * Davy lamp * table lamp

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) to hit, clout, belt, wallop
  • to hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping
  • (slang) to hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular
  • Anagrams

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    References

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