Fan vs. Groupie: What's the Difference?

A machine using an electric motor to rotate thin, rigid vanes in order to move air, as for cooling.

A fan who follows a rock group around on tours.

A collapsible, usually wedge-shaped device made of a light material such as silk, paper, or plastic.

An enthusiastic supporter or follower

An implement or machine for winnowing.

A fan, especially a young female fan of a male singer or rock group; a person who seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a celebrity, usually a rock 'n' roll artist or band member.

Something resembling an open fan in shape

A group photo including the photographer; a group self-portrait.

An ardent devotee; an enthusiast.

An enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)

To move or cause a current of (air) with or as if with a fan.

To direct a current of air or a breeze upon, especially in order to cool

To stir (something) up by or as if by fanning

To open (something) out into the shape of a fan

To fire (an automatic gun) in a continuous sweep by keeping one's finger on the trigger.

To fire (a revolver) rapidly by chopping the hammer with the palm.

To winnow.

(Baseball) To strike out (a batter).

To spread out like a fan

(Baseball) To strike out.

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.

An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.

The action of fanning; agitation of the air.

Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.

An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.

A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.

(maths) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches

A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.

(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.

(transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).

To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.

(transitive) To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.

To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.

(metaphoric) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.

To winnow grain.

To apply (the air brake) many times in rapid succession.

To strike out.

To strike out (a batter).

An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface

That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.

A quintain; - from its form.

To move as with a fan.

To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.

To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.

To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.

To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan excites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace.

A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces

An enthusiastic devotee of sports

An ardent follower and admirer

Strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)

Make (an emotion) fiercer;

Agitate the air

Separate from chaff;