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Sans vs Bendy - What's the difference?

sans | bendy |

As adjectives the difference between sans and bendy

is that sans is short for sans serif while bendy is having the ability to be bent easily.

As a preposition sans

is without, lacking.

As a noun bendy is

a field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.

sans

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • without, lacking
  • * 1590 , , act v, scene 2 (First Folio ed.)
    • Ber.'' And to begin Wench, ?o God helpe me law,
    My loue to thee is ?ound, ''?ans''''' cracke or flaw.
    ''Ro?a.'' '''''Sans''''', '''''?ans     , I pray you.
  • * 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 766:
    • Those with brooms started to sweep literally, at the feet of the crowd, driving it back into the side streets from which it had emerged to form this assembly – now riders sans steeds.
  • * 1991 , A. R. Morlan, The Amulet? , page 212
    • But regardless of when Wally had parked himself out in that backyard—sans coat or jacket—somehow, the old lady must have known where Wally would be before he drove out to the Isaacs trailer—or else she followed him out there from his house.

    Synonyms

    * (without) without, minus

    Adjective

    (-)
  • short for sans serif.

    • Anagrams

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    bendy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having the ability to be bent easily.
    • Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones.
  • (informal) Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily.
    • {{quote-web
    , date=20100901 , year= , first= , last= , author=Jackie K. Cooper , authorlink= , title=Ashley Bell: The Last Exorcism' Introduces the "Bendy" Girl , site=Huffington Post citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-05-09 , passage=When I was in the scene in the barn he encouraged me to do as many contortions as I could, and he seemed to like the fact I was so 'bendy'.' … After all how many young actresses in Hollywood are "' bendy "? }}
  • Containing many bends and twists.
    • a bendy road
  • Of a vehicle, articulated.
    • {{quote-web
    , date=20090131 , year= , first= , last= , author=Deal Book , authorlink= , title=Defining Good or Bad Design , site=NYT citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-05-09 , passage=“The bendy bus is very easy to get on to and can carry twice as many passengers and more people can sit down,” Ms. Cottam said. }}
  • (heraldry) Divided into diagonal bands of colour

    • Synonyms

    * (having the ability to be bent easily ): flexible, pliable, supple * (of a person''): flexible, limber, lissom ''or lissome, lithe, supple * (having many bends and twists ): sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisty, winding, windy * (articulated ): articulated, jointed

    Derived terms

    * bendiness

    Noun

    (bendies)
  • (heraldry) A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.

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