Don vs. Dawn — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Don and Dawn
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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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