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Sauna vs Fauna - What's the difference?

sauna | fauna |

As nouns the difference between sauna and fauna

is that sauna is a room or a house designed for heat sessions while fauna is animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.

As a verb sauna

is to use a sauna.

As a proper noun Fauna is

the goddess of animals, nature, spring and fertility; she is also the consort of Faunus.

sauna

English

(wikipedia sauna)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
    • The hotel has a sauna in the basement.
  • An act of using a sauna.
    • John had a sauna after his swim.
  • A public sauna; a front for a brothel in some countries.

    • Synonyms

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    See also

    * Turkish bath, hammam * banya

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use a sauna.

    • fauna

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
  • (countable) a book, cataloguing the animals of a country etc.

    • Derived terms

    * aquafauna * epifauna * faunal * infauna * macrofauna * megafauna * meiofauna * mesofauna * microfauna

    Coordinate terms

    * flora