What's the difference between fan and fon?

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.

Fon


Definition:

  • (a.) A fool; an idiot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One of those was Fon, an independent retailer in Sheffield run by Steve Beckett and Rob Mitchell.
  • (2) The amounts of Fon acquired by the enamel surface (one application) rank as APF gel approximately Duraphat much less than Fluor Protector.
  • (3) Gramofon buyers will also become Fon members, able to access the company's network of hotspots – although as with Fon's existing routers, this means "sharing a bit of Wi-Fi at home" – allowing other Fon members within range to use their internet connection.
  • (4) This became so true that T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom and BT all became shareholders in Fon."
  • (5) "What we showed with Fon was that you would only share with those who share back," he says.
  • (6) Fossil fuel ticker Garanti Bankası Türkiye’deki yeni kömür santrallerine en büyük fon sağlayan kurum.
  • (7) The two forms were found in a fissure filling of Upper Eocene age (Fons 4) from Dielsdorf (Zürich region, Switzerland).
  • (8) Similarly, when Varsavsky launched Fon, it ran into determined opposition from telecoms businesses, which said that the company's vision of shared Wi-Fi was against their terms of service.
  • (9) However, when setting up Fon, Varsavsky became convinced that people needed a nudge or financial incentive before they'd happily share their assets.
  • (10) As delta FON tended to increase with the best frequency (BF) of units the lowest BRCF encountered among all units for a given BF also increased as a function of BF.
  • (11) "From a humanitarian perspective we are increasingly concerned about the situation," said Elias Fon, Islamic Relief's regional co-ordinator for west Africa .
  • (12) Fon has built a business running 13m Wi-Fi hotspots around the world.
  • (13) Fon and Fin data are presented after various F- treatments and after wearing enamel slabs in dentures for a period of 1 week.
  • (14) The lowest BRCF encountered among all units for a given isointensity ON-response bandwidth (delta FON) increased as a function of delta FON.
  • (15) delta FON was derived from the responses to tone bursts of various frequencies at 70 dB SPL.
  • (16) In this paper the role and importance of 'CaF2-like' material deposited on enamel (Fon) by means of an APF gel and the varnishes Duraphat and Fluor Protector are described and discussed.
  • (17) The results of this work show that if we compare the three fluoridating agents, APF gel, Duraphat varnish, and Fluor Protector varnish in situ, only Fluor Protector shows a measurable amount of Fon after 1 week.
  • (18) Fon says it has been working on the device for more than a year, initially in its New York office as a prototype based on the Raspberry Pi computer, before setting up dedicated engineering teams in Spain, rebuilding it with a chip from Qualcomm.
  • (19) One possibility, argued here by Fons UytdeHaag and colleagues, is that memory is imprinted in the somatically-mutated Ig expressed by certain CD5+ B cells.
  • (20) It was a mistake.” Owain-Fon Williams Williams Reserve goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams is a talented guitarist and artist whose oil paintings have been displayed in galleries throughout Wales.

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