Vang vs Yang - What's the difference?
vang | yang |
(dialectal, or, obsolete) To take; undertake for.
(dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the Font; be godfather or godmother to.
(nautical) A boom vang, a strap or line which exerts downward pressure on the boom near where it joins the mast of a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat.
(nautical) A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position
(label) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, elements of the natural world.
(rare) To make the cry of the wild goose.
* 1902 , Eleanor Gates, The biography of a prairie girl
* 1957 , Adelbert Ames, Chronicles from the Nineteenth Century: 1874-1899
The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
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As verbs the difference between vang and yang
is that vang is to take; undertake for while yang is to make the cry of the wild goose.As nouns the difference between vang and yang
is that vang is a boom vang, a strap or line which exerts downward pressure on the boom near where it joins the mast of a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat while yang is a principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.vang
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) vangen, southern variant of . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* kicking strapyang
English
Etymology 1
From early romanizations of Chinese , originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings (wikipedia)Noun
(-)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Etymology 3
Imitative.Verb
(en verb)- Away they went, the colt in the lead and the pinto after, until they reached the bunch of cottonwoods far up the stream where the yanging wild geese had their nests.
- Last night we were awakened by the barking of dogs and yanging of a goose, and investigated to find that the man had neglected to house the geese and the dogs were killing them.