What's the difference between keno and leno?

Keno


Definition:

  • (n.) A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As social media buzzed with accusations, Keno Glass, an aspiring rapper and cousin of Coleman, was shot dead in a drive-by at 2:40am on Tuesday.

Leno


Definition:

  • (n.) A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Leverkusen had their goalkeeper Bernd Leno to thank for a fine late save from Léo Baptistão but their night ended on a sour note when Tin Jedvaj received a second booking in injury time.
  • (2) Leno's audience, admittedly, is never very hard to excite – you get whoops and cheers just for being Vin Diesel or Jessica Alba, never mind the president of the United States – but frequently they rose to their feet, applauding wildly.
  • (3) Asked about Mourdock's comment on The Tonight Show, Obama told host Jay Leno: "Rape is rape.
  • (4) On his first live TV appearance in the US (on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show) he played up the confused foreigner shtick, picking holes in the concept of “African-Americans”.
  • (5) As Jay Leno remarked about the Bill Cosby situation this week: “You go to Saudi Arabia and you need two women to testify against a man; here, you need 25.” Even so, you can’t be too careful.
  • (6) Jokes about him abounded on late night comedy shows well into the following decade – Letterman, Leno and even on Saturday Night Live.
  • (7) Asked about the issue by Jay Leno on his Tonight Show, Obama added: "I think they understand that for most of the countries that participate in the Olympics, we wouldn't tolerate gays and lesbians being treated differently."
  • (8) Obama's long-awaited visit to the Los Angeles studio of NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno was a highly non-traditional venture for a serving president.
  • (9) In February, longtime rival Jay Leno turned over the Tonight Show to current host Jimmy Fallon.
  • (10) ("We were going to have vice-president Biden come on and say a few words," Leno quipped, "but, you know, it's only an hour show.")
  • (11) Since Leno’s departure in February, which saw Jimmy Fallon take over at the Tonight Show, Letterman has been in second place in the ratings to Jimmy Kimmel’s LA-based late night show which airs in the same slot.
  • (12) Roma picked up where they left off after half time and a scintillating run by Gervinho required another good save from Leno, but the keeper was helpless when Pjanic curled his free kick over the wall.
  • (13) That snub saw Jay Leno take over from Carson and started a late night ratings war which raged throughout the 90s and saw Leno dominate for the most part.
  • (14) The irony is, for decades we’ve hankered after a Brit answer to Leno or David Letterman.
  • (15) The Leverkusen captain was shown a straight red card and Pjanic beat Leno from the spot.
  • (16) If either were to get the job, they would be up against Jimmy Fallon, newly installed in Jay Leno's The Tonight Show chair at NBC.
  • (17) Counterattacking at pace, Salah’s shot beat Bernd Leno after he was played in by a superb pass from Dzeko on two minutes.
  • (18) By then, Noah had become a frequent contributor and had also appeared as a guest on the Jay Leno and David Letterman shows.
  • (19) Asked about the announcement by Jay Leno, Obama looked unfazed and appeared unlikely to rise to the bait.
  • (20) Noah, who has appeared on Jay Leno and David Letterman, was the subject of a 2011 documentary film by David Paul Meyer, You Laugh But It’s True, which followed his career in post-apartheid South Africa.

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