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Vane vs Dogvane - What's the difference?

vane | dogvane |

As nouns the difference between vane and dogvane

is that vane is crease, fold while dogvane is (nautical) a small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.

vane

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) A weather vane.
  • Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
  • (ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
  • A sight on a sextant or compass.
  • One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.

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    dogvane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.
    • (Totten)
  • (obsolete, nautical) A cockade worn on a hat (worn in the British Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries)