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Vegan vs Sister - What's the difference?

vegan | sister |

As nouns the difference between vegan and sister

is that vegan is a person who does not consume, use or eat any animal products; a supporter of veganism while sister is a daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

As an adjective vegan

is relating to vegans or veganism.

As a verb sister is

to strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

vegan

English

(wikipedia vegan)

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to vegans or veganism.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who does not consume, use or eat any animal products; a supporter of veganism
  • Derived terms

    * veganism * veganist

    See also

    * vegetarian * vegetarianism ----

    sister

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
  • My sister is always driving me crazy.
  • A female member of a religious community; a nun.
  • Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
  • (British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
  • Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
  • Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister .
  • * 1985 , (Eurythmics) and (Aretha Franklin), Who’s Zoomin' Who? :
  • [song title] Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves
  • (slang) A black woman.
  • (informal) A form of address to a woman.
  • * What’s up, sister ?
  • A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
  • * Thank you, sister'''. I would like to thank the '''sister who just spoke.
  • (attributively) Of or relating to an entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierachical relationship with another.
  • sister''' publication, '''''sister''' city'', '''''sister projects
  • (usually, attributively) In the same class.
  • sister''' ships'', '''''sister facility

    Synonyms

    * (woman or girl with the same parents) (slang) sis * (member of religious community) nun, sistren * (supervisory nurse) charge nurse * darling, dear, love, (US) lady, miss, (northern UK) pet * affiliate, affiliated

    Antonyms

    * (with regards to gender) brother

    Hypernyms

    * (daughter of common parents) sibling

    Derived terms

    * big sister * half-sister * kid sister * little sister * sis * sissy * sister city * sisterhood * sister-in-law * sisterly * sister ship * stepsister * weak sister

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (construction) To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
  • I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.
  • (obsolete) To be sister to; to resemble closely.
  • (Shakespeare)

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