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Tawny vs Lawny - What's the difference?

tawny | lawny |

As adjectives the difference between tawny and lawny

is that tawny is of a light brown to brownish orange colour while lawny is made of lawn or fine linen.

As a noun tawny

is a light brown to brownish orange colour.

tawny

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Of a light brown to brownish orange colour
  • * 1908 ,
    • They fell a-twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls.

    Synonyms

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    Noun

  • A light brown to brownish orange colour

    • Derived terms

    * tawny owl * tawny port

    lawny

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of lawn or fine linen.
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
    • When a plum'd fanne may shade thy chalked face, / And lawny strips thy naked bosome grace.
  • Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn.
  • * T. Warton
    • Musing through the lawny park.