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Tan vs Taan - What's the difference?

tan | taan |

As nouns the difference between tan and taan

is that tan is a yellowish-brown colour while taan is {{cx|music|lang=en}} A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.

As an adjective tan

is of a yellowish-brown.

As a verb tan

is to change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

As a numeral tan

is the second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.See Wikipedia article on Yan Tan Tethera

As a proper noun Tan

is an English surname derived from the transliteration of various Asian surnames, particularly originating from China and Vietnam.

As an initialism TAN

is Total Acid Number, the measure of a lubricant's or crude oil's acidity.

tan

Translingual

(wikipedia tan)

Symbol

(head)
  • A symbol of the trigonometric function tangent.

    • Synonyms

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    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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