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Tawny vs Towny - What's the difference?

tawny | towny |

As adjectives the difference between tawny and towny

is that tawny is of a light brown to brownish orange colour while towny is characteristic of a town.

As nouns the difference between tawny and towny

is that tawny is a light brown to brownish orange colour while towny is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

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

    *

    Noun

  • A light brown to brownish orange colour

    • Derived terms

    * tawny owl * tawny port

    towny

    English

    Noun

    (townies)

    • Adjective

    (townier)
  • Characteristic of a town.
  • * 1947 , Lynn Doyle, Green oranges (page 87)
    • The cousin might get the farm at Elias's death; but there was no telling. Elias didn't like him. He and his family were too towny for Elias. There was a danger that Elias might put the farm up for public auction, and live his latter days on the price.