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Mand vs Fand - What's the difference?

mand | fand |

As a noun mand

is pine.

As a verb fand is

to seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour; make a shift or fand can be (find).

mand

English

Etymology 1

Introduced by B. F. Skinner.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (psychology) A verbal operant in which the response is reinforced by a characteristic consequence and is therefore under the functional control of relevant conditions of deprivation or aversive stimulation.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (psychology) To produce a mand (verbal operant).

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A demand.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    fand

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A fairy and the wife of Manannan mac Lir and later the lover of .

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