different between nance vs pance

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From nancy. As a verb, cf. prance, dance, and mince.

Noun

nance (plural nances)

1. (slang) Alternative form of nancy: an effeminate male homosexual.
   • 1992, Leigh W. Rutledge, The gay decades: from Stonewall to the present

     "Fairies, nances, swishes, fags, lezzes — call 'em what you please — should of course be permitted to earn honest livings […]

Verb

nance (third-person singular simple present nances, present participle nancing, simple past and past participle nanced)

1. (uncommon, slang) To move in a prissy or stereotypically gay way.

   nancing around in tight pants

Further reading

• nance at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology 2

From Spanish nance

Noun

nance (plural nances)

1. A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit.

Anagrams

• canne

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl nantzi.

Noun

nance m (plural nances)

1. a fruit tree of the species Byrsonima crassifolia in the acerola family
2. the fruit of this tree
3. a kind of coffee grown in Costa Rica

English

Alternative forms

• paunce

Noun

pance (plural pances)

1. (obsolete) Pansy (flower)

Anagrams

• Capen, NEACP, pecan

Italian

Noun

pance f pl

1. plural of pancia

Old French

Alternative forms

• panche (Old Northern French)

Etymology

From Latin panticem, accusative singular of pantex.

Noun

pance f (oblique plural pances, nominative singular pance, nominative plural pances)

1. stomach; belly

Descendants

• French: panse