The difference between Fang and Greet
When used as nouns, fang means a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh, whereas greet means mourning, weeping, lamentation.
When used as verbs, fang means to strike or attack with the fangs, whereas greet means to welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means e.g. writing or over the phone/internet.
Greet is also adjective with the meaning: great.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fang and Greet
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Fang as a noun:
a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
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Fang as a noun:
a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
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Fang as a verb (rare):
To strike or attack with the fangs.
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Fang as a verb:
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
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Fang as a verb (transitive, dialectal, or, archaic):
To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
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Fang as a verb (transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete):
To take; receive with assent; accept.
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Fang as a verb (transitive, obsolete, as a guest):
To receive with hospitality; welcome.
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Fang as a verb (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed):
To receive.
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Fang as a verb (transitive, dialectal):
To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
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Fang as a noun (now, chiefly, dialectal, Scotland):
A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
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Fang as a noun:
That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
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Fang as a noun:
Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
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Fang as a noun (mining):
A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
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Fang as a noun (rare, in the plural):
Cage-shuts.
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Fang as a noun (nautical):
The coil or bend of a rope; a noose; a trap.
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Fang as a noun (nautical):
The valve of a pump box.
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Fang as a verb (Scotland, transitive):
To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
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Greet as a verb (transitive):
To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means e.g. writing or over the phone/internet
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Greet as a verb (transitive):
To arrive at or reach, or meet (talking of something which brings joy)
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Greet as a verb (transitive):
To accost; to address.
Examples:
"rfquotek Alexander Pope"
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Greet as a verb (intransitive):
To meet and give salutations.
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Greet as a verb (transitive):
To be perceived by (somebody).
Examples:
"A brilliant dawn greeted her as she looked out the window."
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Greet as an adjective (obsolete, outside, Scotland):
Great.
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Greet as a verb (Scotland, Northern England):
To weep; to cry.
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Greet as a noun:
Mourning, weeping, lamentation.