Tawny vs Tan - What's the difference?
tawny | tan |
Of a light brown to brownish orange colour
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A light brown to brownish orange colour
A symbol of the trigonometric function tangent.
As adjectives the difference between tawny and tan
is that tawny is of a light brown to brownish orange colour while tan is of a yellowish-brown.As nouns the difference between tawny and tan
is that tawny is a light brown to brownish orange colour while tan is a yellowish-brown colour.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 TetheraAs 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.tawny
English
Adjective
(er)- They fell a-twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls.