Bacchanal vs. Fan
Difference Between Bacchanal and Fan
Bacchanaladjective
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
Fannoun
A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
Bacchanaladjective
Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
Fannoun
An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
Bacchanalnoun
A devotee of Bacchus.
Fannoun
Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
Bacchanalnoun
Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
Fannoun
An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
Bacchanalnoun
(in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
Fannoun
A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
Bacchanalnoun
Drunken revelry; an orgy.
Fannoun
(maths) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
Bacchanalnoun
A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
Fannoun
An admirer or aficionado, especially of a sport or performer; someone who is fond of something or someone.
I am a big fan of libraries.Bacchanalnoun
drama, ruckus, fiasco
Fanverb
(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.Bacchanalnoun
someone who engages in drinking bouts
Fanverb
(transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
Bacchanalnoun
a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
Fanverb
To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
Bacchanalnoun
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Fanverb
A maneuver done by flicking the top rear of an old style gun.
Bacchanaladjective
used of riotously drunken merrymaking;
a night of bacchanalian revelrycarousing bands of drunken soldiersorgiastic festivityFanverb
(metaphoric) To invigorate.
Fanverb
To winnow grain.
Fannoun
a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
Fannoun
an enthusiastic devotee of sports
Fannoun
an ardent follower and admirer
Fanverb
strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
Fanverb
make (an emotion) fiercer;
fan hatredFanverb
agitate the air
Fanverb
separate from chaff;
She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field
