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Moan vs. Loan — What's the Difference?

Moan vs. Loan — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Moan and Loan

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Moan

A long, low sound made by a person expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure
She gave a low moan of despair

Loan

In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that debt until it is repaid as well as to repay the principal amount borrowed.

Moan

A complaint which is perceived as trivial and not taken seriously by others
There were moans about the car's feeble ventilation

Loan

An instance of lending
A bank that makes loans to small businesses.

Moan

Make a long, low sound expressing physical or mental suffering or sexual pleasure
‘Help me,’ I moaned
Just then their patient moaned and opened his eyes
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Loan

A sum of money that is lent, usually with an interest fee
Took out a loan to buy a car.
Repaid the loan over five years.

Moan

Complain or grumble, typically about something trivial
Passengers moaned about overcrowded coaches
My friend always moans that I never make her a cake

Loan

The agreement or contract specifying the terms and conditions of the repayment of such a sum.

Moan

A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.

Loan

The repayment obligation associated with such an agreement
She couldn't afford the loan after losing her job.

Moan

A similar sound
The eerie moan of the night wind.

Loan

The right to payment associated with such an agreement
A bank that buys consumer loans.

Moan

A complaint
His tiresome moans about his boss.

Loan

The state of being lent for temporary use
A painting on loan from another museum.

Moan

To utter a moan or moans.

Loan

To lend (money or property).

Moan

To make a sound resembling a moan
A saxophone moaned in the background.

Loan

An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
Because of the loan that John made to me, I was able to pay my tuition for the upcoming semester.

Moan

To complain, lament, or grieve
An old man who still moans about his misspent youth.

Loan

A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).
All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks.
He got a loan of five thousand pounds.

Moan

To bewail or bemoan
She moaned her misfortunes to anyone who would listen.

Loan

The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
He made a payment on his loan.

Moan

To utter with moans or a moan.

Loan

The permission to borrow any item.
Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.

Moan

A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
Let out a deep moan
We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain.

Loan

(Scotland) A lonnen.

Moan

To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.

Loan

To lend (something) to (someone).

Moan

To grieve.

Loan

A loanin.

Moan

(intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound.
She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex.

Loan

The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.

Moan

(transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned.

Loan

That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan.

Moan

To complain; to grumble.

Loan

To lend; - sometimes with out.
By way of location or loaning them out.

Moan

To distress (someone); to sadden.

Loan

The temporary provision of money (usually at interest)

Moan

To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans.
Let there bechance him pitiful mischances,To make him moan.

Loan

A word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English

Moan

To emit a sound like moan; - said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.

Loan

Give temporarily; let have for a limited time;
I will lend you my car
Loan me some money

Moan

To bewail audibly; to lament.
Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moanMy dear Columbo, dead and gone.

Moan

To afflict; to distress.
Which infinitely moans me.

Moan

A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.
Sullen moans, hollow groans.

Moan

A low mournful or murmuring sound; - of things.
Rippling waters made a pleasant moan.

Moan

An utterance expressing pain or disapproval

Moan

Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure;
The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets
The ancient door soughed when opened

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