Faun vs. Fawn

Faunnoun

(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

Faunnoun

A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.

Faunnoun

ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr

Faun

The faun (Latin: faunus, Ancient Greek: φαῦνος, phaunos, pronounced [pʰaunos]) is a mythological half human–half goat creature appearing in Roman mythology. The goat men, more commonly affiliated with the Satyrs of Greek mythology than the fauns of Roman, are bipedal creatures with the legs and tail of a goat and the head, torso, and arms of a man, and are often depicted with goat's horns and pointed ears.

Fawnnoun

A young deer.

Fawnnoun

A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.

Fawnnoun

(obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp.

Fawnadjective

Of the fawn colour.

Fawnverb

(intransitive) To give birth to a fawn.

Fawnverb

(intransitive) To exhibit affection or attempt to please.

Fawnverb

(intransitive) To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon).

Fawnverb

To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.

Fawnnoun

A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

Fawnnoun

The young of an animal; a whelp.

Fawnnoun

A fawn color.

Fawnnoun

A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.

Fawnadjective

Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.

Fawnverb

To bring forth a fawn.

Fawnverb

To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; - often followed by on or upon.

Fawnnoun

a color varying around light grayish brown;

Fawnnoun

young deer

Fawnverb

show submission or fear

Fawnverb

try to gain favor by cringing or flattering;

Fawnverb

have fawns;

Fawnnoun

a young deer in its first year

Fawnnoun

a light brown colour

Fawnverb

(of a deer) produce young

Fawnverb

(of a person) give a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection, typically in order to gain favour

Fawnverb

(of a dog) show slavish devotion, especially by rubbing against someone