Supporter vs Fan - What's the difference?
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A person who gives support to someone or something.
# A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause or movement; an adherent.
# A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.
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# (sports) Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson.
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Something that supports another thing.
# Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.
# (heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.
# A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking.
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A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
An electrical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
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A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
* 1865 , (Lewis Carroll), (w, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
To slap (a behind, especially).
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To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
An admirer or aficionado, especially of a sport or performer; someone who is fond of something or someone; an admirer.
Fan is a synonym of supporter.
As nouns the difference between supporter and fan
is that supporter is a person who gives support to someone or something while fan is a hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.As a verb fan is
to blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.As a proper noun Fan is
a diminutive of Frances.As an abbreviation FAN is
file area network.supporter
English
(wikipedia supporter)Noun
(en noun)- There were 10,000 supporters in the last match.
- From the radiator, where he was attaching supporters to his socks, Zooey glanced up at her.
Synonyms
* adherent * proponentAntonyms
* detractor * opponentAnagrams
* ----fan
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan .
- Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Derived terms
* ceiling fan * cooling fan * desk fan * exhaust fan * extractor fan * fan belt * fan dance * fan death * hit the fan * pedestal fan * wall fanVerb
(fann)- We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind. .
- Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking.
Derived terms
* fannerEtymology 2
Shortened from (fanatic).Noun
(en-noun)- I am a big fan of libraries.