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Yan vs Yap - What's the difference?

yan | yap |

As proper nouns the difference between yan and yap

is that yan is (historic) an ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern china during the zhou dynasty while yap is an atoll in the caroline islands of western micronesia.

yan

English

(wikipedia yan)

Etymology 1

Along with (m) and yen, a Northumbrian form of one, from the (etyl) . An example is "yan, twee, tree" for "one, two, three".

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal, North East England, dialect) one
    • Derived terms
    * yance or yence
    References
    * {{reference-book , last = Griffiths , first = Bill , title = A Dictionary of North East Dialect , origyear = 2004 , publisher = Northumbria University Press , id = ISBN 1-904794-16-5 , pages = 191 }} * {{reference-book , last = Leith , first = Dick , title = A Social History of English , origyear = 1997 , publisher = Routledge , id = ISBN 0415097975, 9780415097970 , pages = 45 }}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) numerals, with influence from Old English or modern Northern English yan or yen.

    Numeral

    (head)
  • (cardinal, North West England, dialect) one in Cumbrian sheep counting rhyme.
    • (Yan Tan Tethera)
    Derived terms
    * yan-a-dick * yan-a-bumfit
    See also
    *
    References
    * {{reference-book , last = Wright , first = Peter , title = Cumbrian Chat , origyear = 1995 , publisher = Dalesman Publishing Company , id = ISBN 185-568-092-0 , pages = 7 }} * {{reference-book , last = Deakin , first = Michael A.B. , editor = Leigh-Lancaster, David , title = The Name of the Number , origyear = 2007 , url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sSGPsbUdzuMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Name+of+the+Number&client=firefox-a&sig=rltANTWrl82R7Ho4mEv0PivE698 , accessdate = 2008-05-17 , publisher = Australian Council for Educational Research , id = ISBN 0864317573 , pages = 75 }} * {{reference-book , last = Varvogli , first = Aliki , title = Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide , origyear = 2002 , url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YwW7f0jB9swC&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Proulx,+Annie%22&client=firefox-a&sig=1V4j_clhRbrJm7XnesnFDk8NU0Q , accessdate = 2008-05-17 , publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group , id = ISBN 0826452337 , pages = 24-25 }}

    Anagrams

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    yap

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The high-pitched bark of a small dog.
  • An informal talk.
  • The mouth, which produces speech.
    • Shut your yap !
  • (Geordie) A badly behaved child, a brat.

    • References

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    Verb

    (yapp)
  • Of a small dog, to bark.
  • (slang) To talk, especially excessively.
    • You’re always yapping - I wish you’d shut up.

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