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Stun vs Saun - What's the difference?

stun | saun |

As nouns the difference between stun and saun

is that stun is the condition of being stunned while saun is a male elephant not part of a herd; a rogue.

As a verb stun

is to incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.

stun

English

Verb

(stunn)
  • To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
    • Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
    In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
  • To shock or surprise.
    • The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegiations on the front page of a newspaper.
    He stood there stunned , looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.
  • (snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The condition of being stunned.
  • (billiard, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.

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    saun

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A male elephant not part of a herd; a rogue.
  • * 1810 , Decoy Elephants Catching a Male'', in Enos Bronson (editor), ''Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines , Volume 3, page 123,
    • Though on some occasions the mahouts accompany the koomkies'' up to the ''saun''''', yet it is safer, and generally the most sure and easy mode, for them to dismount in some contiguous cover with their blankets and ropes, leading the ''koomkies'' to the '''''saun , towards which they proceed in the most cunning style.
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