Mane vs. Vane — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mane and Vane
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Mane
The long hair along the top and sides of the neck of certain mammals, such as a horse or a male lion.
Vane
A weathervane.
Mane
A long thick growth of hair on a person's head.
Vane
Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is moved by or used to move a fluid.
Mane
Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
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Vane
The flattened, weblike part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
Mane
Long or thick hair of a person's head.
Vane
The movable target on a leveling rod.
Mane
Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.
Vane
A sight on a quadrant or compass.
Mane
The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of Horse.
Vane
One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
Mane
Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
Vane
A weather vane.
Mane
Growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
Vane
Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
Vane
(ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
Vane
(navigation) A sight on a sextant or compass.
Vane
(weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
Vane
A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.
Aye undiscreet, and changing as a vane.
Vane
Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
Vane
The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
Vane
One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
Vane
Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
Vane
Mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
Vane
A metal fin attached to the tail of a bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
Vane
The flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
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