The difference between Fang and Welcome

When used as nouns, fang means a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh, whereas welcome means the act of greeting someone's arrival, especially by saying "welcome!".

When used as verbs, fang means to strike or attack with the fangs, whereas welcome means to affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "welcome!".

Welcome is also adjective with the meaning: whose arrival is a cause of joy.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fang and Welcome

  1. Fang as a noun:

    a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh

  2. Fang as a noun:

    a long pointed tooth for injecting venom

  1. Fang as a verb (rare):

    To strike or attack with the fangs.

  2. Fang as a verb:

    To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

  1. Fang as a verb (transitive, dialectal, or, archaic):

    To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.

  2. Fang as a verb (transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete):

    To take; receive with assent; accept.

  3. Fang as a verb (transitive, obsolete, as a guest):

    To receive with hospitality; welcome.

  4. Fang as a verb (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed):

    To receive.

  5. Fang as a verb (transitive, dialectal):

    To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.

  1. Fang as a noun (now, chiefly, dialectal, Scotland):

    A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.

  2. Fang as a noun:

    That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.

  3. Fang as a noun:

    Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.

  4. Fang as a noun (mining):

    A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.

  5. Fang as a noun (rare, in the plural):

    Cage-shuts.

  6. Fang as a noun (nautical):

    The coil or bend of a rope; a noose; a trap.

  7. Fang as a noun (nautical):

    The valve of a pump box.

  1. Fang as a verb (Scotland, transitive):

    To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

  1. Welcome as an adjective:

    Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

    Examples:

    "a welcome visitor"

    "Refugees welcome in London!"

  2. Welcome as an adjective:

    Producing gladness.

    Examples:

    "a welcome present;  welcome news"

  3. Welcome as an adjective:

    Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.

    Examples:

    "You are welcome to the use of my library."

  1. Welcome as a noun:

    The act of greeting someone's arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.

  2. Welcome as a noun:

    The utterance of such a greeting.

  3. Welcome as a noun:

    Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.

    Examples:

    "We entered the house and found a ready welcome."

  4. Welcome as a noun:

    The state of being a welcome guest.

    Examples:

    "wear out one's welcome'"

  1. Welcome as a verb:

    To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".

  2. Welcome as a verb:

    To accept something willingly or gladly.

    Examples:

    "We welcome suggestions for improvement."

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