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Tanned vs Tanner - What's the difference?

tanned | tanner |

As an adjective tanned

is having a suntan.

As a verb tanned

is past tense of tan.

As a noun tanner is

a person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

As a proper noun Tanner is

{{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a tanner.

tanned

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a suntan.
    • You're looking very tanned .
    tanned bodies lying on the beach
  • (of leather) Finished, made using tannic acid (as opposed to abrasion).

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (tan)

    • Synonyms

    * tan

    tanner

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tanneur or

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably from the name of the coin designer, (died 1775)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A former British coin, worth six old pence
    • Synonyms
    * sixpence * hog * (via Cockney rhyming slang) lord