Pendant vs. Pennant — What's the Difference?

A pendant is a loose-hanging piece of jewellery, generally attached by a small loop to a necklace, which may be known as a "pendant necklace". A pendant earring is an earring with a piece hanging down.

(Nautical) A long, tapering, usually triangular flag, used on ships for signaling or identification.

Something suspended from something else, especially an ornament or piece of jewelry attached to a necklace or bracelet.

A flag or an emblem similar in shape to a ship's pennant.

A hanging lamp or chandelier.

A flag that symbolizes the championship of a league, especially a professional baseball league.

A sculptured ornament suspended from a vaulted Gothic roof or ceiling.

The championship symbolized by such a flag.

One of a matched pair; a companion piece.

A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.

Hanging down; dangling; suspended.

The broad pennant flown by commodores.

Projecting; overhanging.

The church pennant indicating religious services are taking place aboard ship.

Awaiting settlement; pending.

The commissioning pennant flown on ceremonial occasions.

Variant of pendent1.

(sports) The winning of a competition, represented by a flag.

(architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter.

A commemorative flag, traditionally triangular and made of felt, typically used to show support for a particular athletic team.

A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.

A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

The dangling part of an earring.

A sandstone between coal measures in parts of South Wales

(nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.

Either of two species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Macrodiplax, of the tropics and subtropics.

(fine arts) One of a pair; a counterpart.

A small flag; a pennon. The narrow pennant, or long pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel.

(US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.

The award given to the champion

A lamp hanging from the roof.

A flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)

An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.

A long flag; often tapering

A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.

(obsolete) An appendix or addition, as to a book.

Testicles.

(obsolete) A pendulum.

Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character, as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book.

An ornamental object or piece of jewelry with a hook so that it can be hung from a chain around the neck.

A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features.

One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase.

A pendulum.

The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.

An adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)

Branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling