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“Manner” or “Manor”

manner / manor are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

manner m·AE·n·er

  • nounhow something is done or how it happens.
  • nouna way of acting or behaving.
  • nouna kind.

manor m·AE·n·er

  • nounthe mansion of a lord or wealthy person.
  • nounthe landed estate of a lord (including the house on it).
Usage

Examples in context

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“manner”

  • …for the adiabatic theorem, this manner of obtaining a PES is…
  • …to heal in the same manner as the stranger.
  • …easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely…
  • Evolution "was the manner in which the Divine Author…
  • …his country in this "pejorative manner".
  • …a product in a sequential manner in order to create a…
  • …operation continues in the same manner for the remaining forward gears.
  • …are distributed in the following manner: 72% are distributed to the…
  • …be solved, in a straightforward manner, by substitution.
  • …Fox stations in a similar manner; although Fox is considered to…

“manor”

  • …incorporated villages including Plandome, Plandome Manor, Munsey Park and part of…
  • …Rose A Lea and Palmerston Manor retirement homes also being Takaro.
  • …Letz, John King and Nate Manor.
  • …three others: Flower Hill, Plandome Manor, and North Hills.
  • …local gentry, not owning the manor at High Melton, but identified…
  • …Village, Strathmore Vanderbilt, Shorehaven, Terrace Manor, and Norgate—
  • …are the stone mansion or manor house, stone root cellar and…
  • Plandome Manor, incorporated in 1931, is a…
  • Category:People from Briarcliff Manor, New York
  • …heritage, (the Gothic church, two manor houses, exhibitions of the art…

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