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Taan vs Faan - What's the difference?

taan | faan |

As nouns the difference between taan and faan

is that taan is {{cx|music|lang=en}} A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing while faan is a fan who is more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom.

taan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 147:
  • *:Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.
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    faan

    English

    Alternative forms

    * faaan

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, fandom slang, often, derogatory) A fan who is more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1956 , date = November-December , first = Richard "Dick" Harris , last = Eney , authorlink = , title = Fancyclopedia II: Why There Isn't Any , volume = , issue = 2 , page = 40 , magazine = Science-Fiction Five-Yearly , url = http://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Five_Yearly/sffy2-40.html , passage = In 1953 neofan Richard Eney mentioned casually (in the course of describing life as a faan' in the Army) that he carried in the pocket of his lab jacket a notebook in which he was collecting subjects for a revised Fancyclopedia. [...] in Minneapolis, Belfast, and the wilds of central Hokkaido diligent ' faaans began to set down their understanding of things fanatic ... }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1969 , first = Harry , last = Warner, Jr. , authorlink = Harry Warner, Jr. , title = , page = 242 , passage = More evidence of how fans were becoming faans can be deduced from the activities. The first day consisted of playing records, listening to Liebscher play the piano, playing games, and talking until 4 a.m. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2012 , first = Alex , last = Hamilton , authorlink = , title = Writing Talk , isbn = 9781780883397 , chapter = Science Fiction and Fantasy , page = , passage = According to Colin Lester, editor of the International Science Fiction Yearbook , a fan, or to give him his full title, a "sercon fan", is serious and constructive, whereas a "faan " contributes chiefly his presence and a taste for signed copies. He did not say that this was actually destructive, though it may be, as in the case of one on Friday night who tried to pitch his tent in the lobby because it was raining outside. }}

    Derived terms

    * faanish * faanishness * faan fiction

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