orphan

As nouns the difference between orphan and infant

is that orphan is a person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died while infant is a very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.

As verbs the difference between orphan and infant

is that orphan is to deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive while infant is to bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.

As an adjective orphan

is deprived of parents (also {{term|orphaned}}).

As nouns the difference between ophan and orphan

is that ophan is a member of the ophanim while orphan is a person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

As an adjective orphan is

deprived of parents (also {{term|orphaned}}).

As a verb orphan is

to deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive.

As nouns the difference between morphan and orphan

is that morphan is a chemical compound, the base of the benzomorphan family of drugs while orphan is a person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

As an adjective orphan is

deprived of parents (also {{term|orphaned}}).

As a verb orphan is

to deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive.

In transitive terms the difference between orphan and foster

is that orphan is to deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive while foster is to nurse or cherish something.

As a proper noun Foster is

{{surname|A=An|English|from=occupations}}, variant of Forster.

As adjectives the difference between orphan and unorphaned

is that orphan is deprived of parents (also {{term|orphaned}}) while unorphaned is not orphaned.

As a noun orphan

is a person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

As a verb orphan

is to deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive.

As nouns the difference between orphan and leppy

is that orphan is a person, especially a , both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died while leppy is (slang|us) a young animal, particularly a cow or bull, a lamb, or a colt, which has been abandoned or orphaned.

As an adjective orphan

is deprived of parents (also (orphaned)).

As a verb orphan

is to deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive ).

As nouns the difference between orphan and nonorphan

is that orphan is a person, especially a , both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died while nonorphan is one who is not an orphan.

As an adjective orphan

is deprived of parents (also (orphaned)).

As a verb orphan

is to deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive ).

As adjectives the difference between orphan and orphanlike

is that orphan is deprived of parents (also (orphaned)) while orphanlike is resembling or characteristic of an orphan.

As a noun orphan

is a person, especially a , both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

As a verb orphan

is to deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive ).

As nouns the difference between orphan and orpheline

is that orphan is a person, especially a , both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died while orpheline is (obsolete) an orphan.

As an adjective orphan

is deprived of parents (also (orphaned)).

As a verb orphan

is to deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive ).