What's the difference between claret and fan?

Claret


Definition:

  • (n.) The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Two more wins against the claret and blues of West Ham and Aston Villa would take Tottenham to 72 points, equalling their Premier League record haul set last season.
  • (2) In football, it is wounded centre-back Terry Butcher, his bloodied, bandaged head and claret-and-white shirt in an England World Cup qualifier against Sweden in Stockholm in 1989.
  • (3) The range includes products such as lip gloss (in claret red, precious gold and velvet mauve), bath crystals and body lotions.
  • (4) The nod (no distributive disjunction) and the ncd (non-claret disjunctional) mutations are both female-specific, recessive meiotic mutations in Drosophila melanogaster.
  • (5) Bilic described himself as angry with his team’s showing, claiming there were too many “passengers” in claret and blue.
  • (6) Knowledge of his work, plus the title, makes it entirely unsurprising that there’s plenty of the claret stuff in this game: a gripping action title set in Hong Kong and Beijing, with a characterful brushstroke-based visual style.
  • (7) In four of these (claret, light, lightoid, and pink), larval accumulation is negligible, suggesting that these have defects in the kynurenine transport system like scarlet and white.
  • (8) The FA even experimented with holding the game in August – shortly before the beginning of the following season – in 1972 and 1973, but this failed to win over the doubters, and the last such play-off was played between Burnley and Leicester City on 9 May 1974, with the Clarets winning 1-0.
  • (9) It’s the infectious daftness of the whole thing; the claret-hurling ultraviolence; the inability of Jessica Lange to be anything other than an absolute dude even when spouting some truly preposterous nonsense, the reset system at the end of every season – meaning each is its own standalone tale with the cast in different roles.
  • (10) A product encoded at the claret locus in Drosophila is needed for normal chromosome segregation in meiosis in females and in early mitotic divisions of the embryo.
  • (11) These cells, namely immature chief cells, contained a large number of claret-colored fine pepsinogen granules.
  • (12) Blackburn Rovers v Burnley: Championship – as it happened Read more After going 35 years without defeating their neighbours, the Clarets won the most recent fixture between these two in 2014 en route to promotion to the Premier League.
  • (13) Trends such as claret and pleat-front trousers were present and correct.
  • (14) They featured on the titles of ITV’s Big Match for quite a long time, these two old dears in the crowd, decked out in their claret and blue hats and scarves.
  • (15) Our Turf,” was the message in the claret and blue mosaic in the Jimmy McIlroy Stand and Arfield’s 14th-minute strike fleetingly raised the possibility of another shock.
  • (16) We are rightly proud of our world-famous support home and away and we look forward to the famous Claret and Blue Army once again getting behind the team with all their heart and showing the world that following the Hammers means supporting with pride, passion and respect.” Kick it Out said in a statement: “Kick It Out has received several reports via social media about the footage and will be liaising with British Transport Police on the matter.
  • (17) Lady Jekyll's "Luncheon for a Motor Excursion" from Kitchen Essays is a case in point; she paints a wonderful portrait of a picnic furnished with "the luncheon-basket from among the wedding presents of a richer age", and that essential thermos of mulled claret.
  • (18) I'm tempted as I think Liverpool might bottle it against Newcastle, Chelsea should see off an awful Cardiff team and even though plucky little City will probably get a drubbing against Big Sam's claret and blue army they'll still finish first.
  • (19) [West Ham] would like to thank Mauro for his efforts in Claret and Blue and wish him all the best in his future career,” announced the club on their Twitter account .
  • (20) Here we demonstrate that a mutant allele of claret non-disjunctional (ca(nd)), non-claret disjunctional Dominant (ncdD), causes abnormalities in meiotic chromosome segregation, but is near wild-type with respect to early mitotic chromosome segregation.

Fan


Definition:

  • (n.) An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface
  • (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle.
  • (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
  • (n.) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
  • (n.) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc.
  • (n.) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A quintain; -- from its form.
  • (n.) To move as with a fan.
  • (n.) To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.
  • (n.) To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
  • (n.) To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.
  • (n.) To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The data collection scheme for the scanner uses multiple rotations of a linearly shifted, asymmetric fan beam permitting user-defined variable resolution.
  • (2) I first saw them live at the location of the terror attack, Manchester Arena – then the MEN – aged 15, a teen at a gig with my friends, as many of the Grande’s fans were.
  • (3) Will the United fans' eternal favourite soon add his voice to that of 140,000 fans?
  • (4) In some ways, the Gandolfini performance that his fans may savour most is his voice work in Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are (2009), the cult screen version of Maurice Sendak 's picture book classic – he voiced Carol, one of the wild things, an untamed, foul-mouthed figure.
  • (5) HTC needs to move from being star struck fan to star of its own ads.
  • (6) For now however, what’s left of their fan base are enjoying a rare burst of sunshine.
  • (7) Still, there are some aspects of Palin’s channel to recommend it to the devoted movement conservative that isn’t necessarily already a fan of hers – especially its obviating the need to resort to Palinology.
  • (8) Superman fans are up in arms at the decision of the publisher to appoint a noted anti-gay writer to pen the Man of Steel's latest adventures.
  • (9) Comparative clinical studies on temporomandibular joints (TMJ) between the LEGP and fan beam collimators also confirm the superior image quality obtained with the fan beam collimator.
  • (10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whether Sia, Jason Derulo, Coldplay’s Chris Martin or Sir Elton John is in the passenger seat, Corden plays the part of a real fan with a deep knowledge of their discography.
  • (11) 3.14pm BST 14 mins: It's quite a pleasing thing that, some 22 years after the passback rule was put in place, fans still applaud a player heading the ball back to the keeper.
  • (12) But he won’t call.” Allardyce is also cynical about an offer from Swansea to compensate around 300 Sunderland fans who had booked trips to Wales before the date change.
  • (13) Thank you to Manchester United, not just the directors, coaching staff, medical staff, the players, the fans, all of you – you have been the most fantastic experience of my life, so thank you.
  • (14) A foretaste of discontent came when Florian Thauvin, the underachieving £13m winger signed from Marseille last summer , was serenaded with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt” from away fans during Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Watford .
  • (15) Two men were arrested before the north London derby as football fans clashed with police.
  • (16) There is even a version specifically for Manchester United fans ("This badge is your badge, this badge is my badge!").
  • (17) Colin Ellis, European economist at Daiwa Securities SMBC, said: "Today's PMI data will only fan the glimmers of hope that have started to appear in recent weeks.
  • (18) "I manage a great group of players, a great institution and great fans.
  • (19) It's only fair to note that Apple fans are ecstatic at the prospect.
  • (20) For Argyle the result confirmed their relegation to League One, with the rival fans left to ponder wildly differing prospects next season.

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