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Roan vs Roon - What's the difference?

roan | roon |

As adjectives the difference between roan and roon

is that roan is especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in while roon is red.

As a noun roan

is an animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.

roan

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
  • Made of the leather called roan.
    • roan binding

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
  • The color of such an animal.
  • A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
    • (DeColange)

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    roon

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) red
  • * J. R. Drake
    • Her face was like the lily roon .
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