Shaven vs Haven - What's the difference?
shaven | haven |
Having been shaved.
A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
* Shakespeare
* Tennyson
(by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 21
, author=Helen Pidd
, title=Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis
, work=the Guardian
As verbs the difference between shaven and haven
is that shaven is while haven is to put into, or provide with a haven.As an adjective shaven
is having been shaved.As a noun haven is
a harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.shaven
English
Adjective
(head)Usage notes
* The words shaven''''' and ''shaved'' have no semantical difference, although '''''shaven is especially used in combination.Verb
(head)Anagrams
* English adjectives ending in -enhaven
English
Noun
(en noun)- what shipping and what lading's in our haven
- their haven under the hill
citation, page= , passage=Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.}}