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Swain vs Swai - What's the difference?

swain | swai |

As nouns the difference between swain and swai

is that swain is a young man or boy in service; a servant while swai is a species of shark catfish, taxonomic name species: Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.

As a proper noun Swain

is {{surname|lang=en}.

swain

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (lb) A young man or boy in service; a servant.
  • (obsolete) A knight's servant; an attendant.
  • (archaic) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
  • (poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * *

    Anagrams

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    swai

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A species of shark catfish, taxonomic name .

    • Synonyms

    * iridescent shark