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Sean vs Brad - What's the difference?

sean | brad |

As a noun sean

is sign, omen.

As a verb sean

is to mark with a sign, to bless or sean can be to deny:.

As an adjective brad is

sudden, fast, busy, full of hurry.

sean

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1874 , Edmund William Hunt Holdsworth, Deep-sea fishing and fishing boats (page 157)
  • Seaning is conducted on a large scale at St. Ives for the capture of pilchards
    (Webster 1913) ----

    brad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
  • * 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 5:
  • Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch.
  • A , a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
  • Derived terms

    * bradawl

    Anagrams

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