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Vane vs Pane - What's the difference?

vane | pane |

As nouns the difference between vane and pane

is that vane is crease, fold while pane is bread.

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.
  • Anagrams

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    pane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual sheet of glass in a window.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) A layer in the build-up of a GUI.
  • A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
  • A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
  • One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
  • (architecture) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
  • An octagonal tower is said to have eight panes .
  • A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
  • One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
  • One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * window pane

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