Warden vs Warren - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between warden and warren

is that warden is a guard or watchman while warren is the system of burrows where rabbits live.

is that warden is {{surname|lang=en} while Warren is {{surname|from=Old French}.

(en noun)

(archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.

* Sir Walter Scott

He called to the warden on the battlements.

A chief administrative officer of a prison

An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden

A governing official in various institutions

the warden of a college

(archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

I would have had him roasted like a warden .

* Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale

I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.

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(en noun)

The system of burrows where rabbits live.

An enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits.

(figuratively) A mazelike place of dark alleys etc in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.