Fawn vs. Yearling — What's the Difference?

A young deer in its first year

An animal that is one year old or has not completed its second year.

A light brown colour

A racehorse that is one year old, dating from January 1 of the year in which it was foaled in the Northern Hemisphere, and from July 1 or August 1 in the Southern Hemisphere.

(of a deer) produce young

An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).

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

A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.

To exhibit affection or attempt to please, as a dog does by wagging its tail, whining, or cringing.

(US) A sophomore at West Point military academy.

To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior.

An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; - applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.

A young deer, especially one less than a year old.

Being a year old.

A grayish yellow-brown to moderate reddish brown.

A young child

A young deer.

A racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth

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

An animal in its second year

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

(rare) A servile cringe or bow.

Base flattery.

Of the fawn colour.

(intransitive) To give birth to a fawn.

(intransitive) To exhibit affection or attempt to please.

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

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

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

The young of an animal; a whelp.

A fawn color.

A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.

Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.

To bring forth a fawn.

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

A color varying around light grayish brown;

Young deer

Show submission or fear

Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering;

Have fawns;