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Tanning vs Vanning - What's the difference?

tanning | vanning |

As nouns the difference between tanning and vanning

is that tanning is the acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially while vanning is (mining) a process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner.

As a verb tanning

is .

tanning

English

Verb

(head)
  • The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.

    • Noun

  • The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
  • (informal) A spanking.

    • See also

    * tan someone's hide

    vanning

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mining) A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner.
    • (Webster 1913)