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Wan vs Wah - What's the difference?

wan | wah |

As a noun wah is

(archaic) the red panda.

As an interjection wah is

a cry of fright, distress, etc.

wan

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(wanner)
  • Pale, sickly-looking.
  • * Spenser
    • Sad to view, his visage pale and wan .
  • * Longfellow
    • the wan moon overhead
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  • Dim, faint.
  • * {{quote-book, passage=’twas so far away, that evil day when I prayed to the Prince of Gloom / For the savage strength and the sullen length of life to work his doom. / Nor sign nor word had I seen or heard, and it happed so long ago; / My youth was gone and my memory wan , and I willed it even so.
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  • Bland, uninterested.
    • A wan expression

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being wan; wanness.
  • * Tennyson
    • Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.

    Etymology 2

    Inflected forms.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (win)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    wah

    English

    Etymology 1

    From Nepali.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) The red panda.

    • Etymology 2

    Imitative.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A cry of fright, distress, etc.

    • Anagrams

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