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stan | deer |

As nouns the difference between stan and deer

is that stan is tin while deer is a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family cervidae'', or one of several similar animals from related families of the order ''artiodactyla .

As a verb stan

is to stare.

stan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An extremely loyal and obsessed fan, particularly one whose fixation with a celebrity is unhealthy or intrusive.
  • * 2011 , Vanessa Spates, " Whether in Britney's Army or Rihanna's Navy, stans need to surrender to sanity", The Lantern (Ohio State University), Volume 132, Number 16, 11 October 2011, page 9A:
    • I know the in-depth detailed life of a stan because I am one. I'm one of those Lady Gaga fans,
  • * 2013 , " Selena Gomez: She Is My Queen", Sunday Tribune (South Africa), 17 March 2013:
    • I am the biggest stan for Selena because she is my queen. She made Disney interesting and I have always watched her.
  • * 2013 , Jake Folsom, " Stans take dedication to extreme heights online, in real life", Washington Square News , Volume 41, Number 104, 5 December 2013, page 11:
    • Incidents have occurred with stans showing up to pop stars' residences, as has happened with Madonna, Taylor Swift and others.

    Hypernyms

    * megafan, superfan, trufan, uberfan ----

    deer

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia deer)
  • A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae'', or one of several similar animals from related families of the order ''Artiodactyla .
  • (lb) One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose'' or ''elk .
    • I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.
  • The meat of such an animal; venison.
    • Oh, I've never had deer before.
  • A beast, especially a quadruped and especially a mammal, as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
  • * (rfdate) William Shakespeare, King Lear , Act III. IV:
    • But mice and rats and such small deer , have been Tom's food for seven long year.

    Hyponyms

    * buck, stag (male deer) * doe (female deer) * fawn (young deer) * hart (adult deer)

    Derived terms

    * deerfly * deerlike * deer ked * deer's tongue * (Bactrian deer) * (Bawean deer) * (black-tailed deer) * (Calamian deer) * (Corsican red deer) * (vern, Eld's deer) * (European red deer) * fallow deer * (Formosan deer) * (Indian hog deer) * (Indochinese hog deer) * (Maral deer) * marsh deer * (Mindanao mountain deer) * (Mindoro deer) * mouse deer * mule deer * musk deer * pampas deer * * (vern, Prince Alfred's deer) * red deer * reindeer * roe deer * rusa deer * Schomburgk's deer * (sika deer) * (vern, Thorold's deer) * (Tsushima Island deer) * (Vietnamese deer) * (water deer) * white-tailed deer * (Yarkand deer)

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