What's the difference between thanage and thane?

Thanage


Definition:

  • (n.) The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Our second experiment, however, replicates Bradley's finding that closed class based nonwords (e.g., thanage) fail to induce interference effects in nonword decisions.

Thane


Definition:

  • (n.) A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) During the first 2 min of hypoxia, glucose consumption was increased to twice the normal, and during the fist 2 min of hypercapnia, the corresponding value was less thane third of the normal.
  • (2) And he has a history of introducing tech-based initiatives as superintendent of police in Sangli and Thane, two cities near Mumbai.
  • (3) Thane Byng, a descendant, said: "We know it will take a long time, but those supporting the petition are determined."
  • (4) But the PM10 limits were also exceeded in cities where the problem is less publicised, such as Hyderabad, Pune and Thane, where pollution density was about twice the safe level.
  • (5) The building in the Mumbai suburb of Thane caved in at 6.08pm on Thursday, police said.
  • (6) During March 1989, monitoring of temephos application was carried out in six villages in each of the five guineaworm endemic districts: Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), Gulbarga (Karnataka), Dhar (Madhya Pradesh), Thane (Maharashtra) and Jhalawar (Rajasthan), selected for the study.
  • (7) The comments by KP Raghuvanshi, commissioner of police in Thane, a satellite city of Mumbai, come amid widespread anger following the gang rape of a 23-year-old student in Delhi on Sunday.
  • (8) Zoo director Thane Maynard said the gorilla did not appear to be attacking the child but was “an extremely strong” animal in an agitated situation.

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