Orphan vs. Batman

Orphan vs. Batman — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Orphan and Batman

Orphannoun

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

Batmanverb

To act as a batman.

Orphannoun

A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.

Batmannoun

(military) A servant or valet to an army officer.

Orphannoun

A young animal with no mother.

Batmannoun

A personal assistant or supporter.

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Orphannoun

(figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.

Batmannoun

an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer

Orphannoun

(typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.

Orphannoun

(computing) Any unreferenced object.

Orphanadjective

Deprived of parents (also orphaned).

She is an orphan child.

Orphanadjective

Remaining after the removal of some form of support.

With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program.
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Orphanverb

(transitive) To deprive of parents used almost exclusively in the passive

What do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?

Orphanverb

To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.

When you removed that image tag, you orphaned the resized icon.Removing categories orphans pages from the main category tree.

Orphannoun

a child who has lost both parents

Orphannoun

someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

Orphannoun

the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column

Orphannoun

a young animal without a mother

Orphanverb

deprive of parents

Orphanadjective

deprived of parents by death or desertion