different between toady vs fawn

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??di/
• Rhymes: -??di

Etymology 1

From a shortening of toadeater +? -y.

Noun

toady (plural toadies)

1. A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious lackey or minion.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sycophant
2. (archaic) A coarse, rustic woman.

Derived terms

• toadyish

Translations

Verb

toady (third-person singular simple present toadies, present participle toadying, simple past and past participle toadied)

1. (intransitive, construed with to) To behave like a toady (to someone).

Etymology 2

toad +? -y

Adjective

toady (comparative more toady, superlative most toady)

1. toadlike
   • 1874, Transactions (issue 19, page 141)

     The bath is of greatest advantage in these chronic cases, with an earthy complexion and toady skin, if I am allowed thus to express its appearance.

Anagrams

• to-day, today

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??n/
• Rhymes: -??n
• Homophone: faun

Etymology 1

From Middle English foun, fawne, from Old French faon, from Vulgar Latin *fetonem, from Latin f?tus (“offspring, young”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”)

Noun

fawn (plural fawns)

1. A young deer.
2. A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.

3. (obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp.

   • she [the tigress] rageth upon the shore and the sands, for the losse of her fawnes

Derived terms

• in fawn

Translations

Adjective

fawn (not comparable)

1. Of the fawn colour.

Derived terms

• fawn lily

Translations

Verb

fawn (third-person singular simple present fawns, present participle fawning, simple past and past participle fawned)

1. (intransitive) To give birth to a fawn.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fawnen, from Old English fahnian, fagnian, fæ?nian (“to rejoice, make glad”). Akin to Old Norse fagna (“to rejoice”). See also fain.

Verb

fawn (third-person singular simple present fawns, present participle fawning, simple past and past participle fawned)

1. (intransitive) To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
2. (intransitive) To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon).

   Synonyms: grovel, wheedle, soft-soap, toady

3. (intransitive, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.

Derived terms

• fawn over
• overfawn

Translations

Noun

fawn (plural fawns)

1. (rare) A servile cringe or bow.
2. Base flattery.

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

• faun, faawn

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Faunus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fau?n/

Noun

fawn (plural fawnes or fawny)

1. faun, satyr

Descendants

• English: faun

References

• “faun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vau?n/

Verb

fawn

1. Soft mutation of bawn.

Mutation