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Don vs. Dawn — What's the Difference?

Don vs. Dawn — What's the Difference?

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Don

Don (also dōn) Used as a courtesy title before the name of a man in a Spanish-speaking area.

Dawn

Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc has reached 18° below the observer's horizon.

Don

A head, tutor, or fellow at a college of Oxford or Cambridge.

Dawn

The time each morning at which daylight first begins.

Don

A college or university professor.
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Dawn

A first appearance; a beginning
The dawn of history.

Don

The leader of an organized-crime family.

Dawn

To begin to become light in the morning.

Don

(Archaic) An important personage.

Dawn

To begin to appear or develop; emerge.

Don

To put on (clothing or an ornament, for example)
Donned long gloves for the costume party.
Don clown make-up for the performance.

Dawn

To begin to be perceived or understood
Realization of the danger soon dawned on us.

Don

To assume or take on
Donned the air of the injured party.

Dawn

(intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
A new day dawns.

Don

A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.

Dawn

(intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.
I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.

Don

An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.

Dawn

(intransitive) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

Don

A mafia boss.

Dawn

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

Don

(MLE) Any man, bloke, dude.

Dawn

(countable) The rising of the sun.

Don

(transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.
To don one's clothes.

Dawn

(uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
She rose before dawn to meet the train.

Don

Sir; Mr; Signior; - a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.
Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in Spain. France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dan Lydgate.

Dawn

(uncountable) The earliest phase of something.
The dawn of civilization

Don

A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities.

Dawn

To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.
In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher.

Don

To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.
Should I don this robe and trouble you.
At night, or in the rain,He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.

Dawn

To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
When life awakes, and dawns at every line.
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid.

Don

A Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman

Dawn

The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.
And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve.
No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon,No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day.

Don

Teacher at a university of college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)

Dawn

First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul.

Don

The head of an organized crime family

Dawn

The first light of day;
We got up before dawn
They talked until morning

Don

Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu

Dawn

The earliest period;
The dawn of civilization
The morning of the world

Don

A European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov

Dawn

An opening time period;
It was the dawn of the Roman Empire

Don

Put clothing on one's body;
What should I wear today?
He put on his best suit for the wedding
The princess donned a long blue dress
The queen assumed the stately robes
He got into his jeans

Dawn

Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;
It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
She was penetrated with sorrow

Dawn

Appear or develop;
The age of computers had dawned

Dawn

Become light;
It started to dawn, and we had to get up

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