Fandom vs. Canon — What's the Difference?

A fandom is a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of empathy and camaraderie with others who share a common interest. Fans typically are interested in even minor details of the objects of their fandom and spend a significant portion of their time and energy involved with their interest, often as a part of a social network with particular practices, differentiating fandom-affiliated people from those with only a casual interest.

Archaic spelling of canyon

All the fans of a sport, an activity, or a famous person.

An ecclesiastical law or code of laws established by a church council.

The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group.

A secular law, rule, or code of law.

The subculture of fans.

An established principle

The state, quality, or condition of being a fan.

A basis for judgment; a standard or criterion.

The fans of a sport or famous person

The books of the Bible officially accepted as Holy Scripture.

A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field

The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic

Material considered to be officially part of a fictional universe or considered to fit within the history established by a fictional universe

Canon The part of the Mass beginning after the Preface and Sanctus and ending just before the Lord's Prayer.

The calendar of saints accepted by the Roman Catholic Church.

(Music) A composition or passage in which a melody is imitated by one or more voices at fixed intervals of pitch and time.

A member of a chapter of priests serving in a cathedral or collegiate church.

A member of certain religious communities living under a common rule and bound by vows.

Variant of canyon.

A generally accepted principle; a rule.

A formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.

A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.

The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.

A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.

A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.

A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.

(Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius

Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.

(cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called a cannon.

A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.

The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.

A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.

A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

A law or rule.

A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority.

In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.

A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.

The largest size of type having a specific name; - so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.

The part of a bell by which it is suspended; - called also ear and shank.

See Carom.

A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses.

A rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy;

A priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter

A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

A contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts

A complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

A collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired