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Spang vs Strand - What's the difference?

spang | strand |

As nouns the difference between spang and strand

is that spang is a shiny ornament or object; a spangle while strand is the shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.

As verbs the difference between spang and strand

is that spang is to set with bright points: star or spangle while strand is to run aground; to beach.

As an adverb spang

is suddenly; slap, smack.

As a proper noun Strand is

a street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street.

spang

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A shiny ornament or object; a spangle
  • * Spenser
    • With glittering spangs that did like stars appear.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To set with bright points: star or spangle.
  • To hitch; fasten.

    • Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeia

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a flying object such as a bullet) To strike or ricochet with a loud report
  • * 1895 , (Stephen Crane), (The Red Badge of Courage)
    • Occasional bullets buzzed in the air and spanged into tree trunks.
  • * 1918 , (Zane Grey), The U.P. Trail
    • How clear, sweet, spanging the hammer blows!

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (dated) Suddenly; slap, smack.
  • * 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:
    • And I didn't stop until I found myself spang in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack.

    Etymology 3

    Probably from (spring) (verb) or (spank) (verb)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To leap; spring.
  • * Ramsay
    • But when they spang o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense.
  • (transitive, dialect, UK, Scotland) To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A bound or spring; a leap.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)

    Etymology 4

    See (span)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A span.

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    Anagrams

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    strand

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) strand, strond, from (etyl) . Cognate with West Frisian straun, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
    • Grand Strand
  • The shore or beach of a lake or river.
  • A small brook or rivulet.
  • A passage for water; gutter.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To run aground; to beach.
  • (figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
  • (baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
    • Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.
    Synonyms
    * (run aground) beach * (leave someone in a difficult situation) abandon, desert

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain. Cognate with (etyl) stran, strawn, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
  • A string.
  • An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
    • strand of spaghetti
    strand of hair .
  • (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
  • (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
    • strand of truth
  • ( genetics) A nucleotide chain.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * do the strand

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break a strand of (a rope).
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