Wan vs Nan - What's the difference?
wan | nan |
Pale, sickly-looking.
* Spenser
* Longfellow
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Dim, faint.
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Bland, uninterested.
The quality of being wan; wanness.
* Tennyson
(obsolete) (win)
In computing terms the difference between wan and nan
is that wan is acronym of lang=en while nan is not a number; applied to numeric values that represent an undefined or unrepresentable value, such as zero divided by itself.As nouns the difference between wan and nan
is that wan is the quality of being wan; wanness while nan is affectionate name for a grandmother.As an adjective wan
is pale, sickly-looking.As a verb wan
is past tense of win.As a proper noun Nan is
{{given name|female|diminutive=Ann}} and Nancy.As an initialism NAN is
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Adjective
(wanner)- Sad to view, his visage pale and wan .
- the wan moon overhead
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- A wan expression
Noun
(-)- Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.
