Ean vs. Fan — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Ean and Fan
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Definitions
Ean
To bring forth young; to yean.
Fan
An apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation
A couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning
The kitchen may need to be fitted with an extractor fan
Ean
To bring forth, as young; to yean.
Fan
A handheld device, typically folding and shaped like a segment of a circle when spread out, that is waved so as to cool the person holding it
The girls were giggling behind their fans
Fan
A person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing
I'm a fan of this author
Football fans
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Fan
Cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air
He fanned himself with his hat
Fan
Increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it
Fanned by an easterly wind, the fire spread rapidly
Fan
Disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area
The arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings
Fan
A machine using an electric motor to rotate thin, rigid vanes in order to move air, as for cooling.
Fan
A collapsible, usually wedge-shaped device made of a light material such as silk, paper, or plastic.
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Fan
An implement or machine for winnowing.
Fan
Something resembling an open fan in shape
A peacock's fan.
Fan
An ardent devotee; an enthusiast.
Fan
To move or cause a current of (air) with or as if with a fan.
Fan
To direct a current of air or a breeze upon, especially in order to cool
Fan one's face.
Fan
To stir (something) up by or as if by fanning
Fanned the flames in the fireplace.
A troublemaker who fanned resentment among the staff.
Fan
To open (something) out into the shape of a fan
The bird fanned its colorful tail.
Fan
To fire (an automatic gun) in a continuous sweep by keeping one's finger on the trigger.
Fan
To fire (a revolver) rapidly by chopping the hammer with the palm.
Fan
To winnow.
Fan
(Baseball) To strike out (a batter).
Fan
To spread out like a fan
The troops fanned out from the beachhead.
Fan
(Baseball) To strike out.
Fan
A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
Fan
An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
Fan
The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
Fan
Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
Fan
An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
Fan
A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
Fan
(maths) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
Fan
A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
I am a big fan of libraries.
Fan
(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.
Fan
(transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
Fan
To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
Fan
(transitive) To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.
Fan
To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
Fan
(metaphoric) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
Fan
To winnow grain.
Fan
To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.
Fanning the brakes results in the gradual depletion of the pressure in the cars' brake reservoirs, which can eventually cause a loss of all braking.
Fan
To strike out.
Fan
To strike out (a batter).
Fan
An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface
Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
Fan
That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.
Fan
A quintain; - from its form.
Fan
To move as with a fan.
The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes.
Fan
To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.
Fan
To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves.
Fan
To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.
Fan
To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan excites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace.
Fan
A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
Fan
An enthusiastic devotee of sports
Fan
An ardent follower and admirer
Fan
Strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
Fan
Make (an emotion) fiercer;
Fan hatred
Fan
Agitate the air
Fan
Separate from chaff;
She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field