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Cain vs Kain - What's the difference?

cain | kain |

As a proper noun cain

is cain (biblical figure).

As a noun kain is

.

cain

English

(wikipedia Cain)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (religion) The eldest son of Adam and Eve as described in Genesis and the Quran.
  • * 1611 , 4:8 :
    • And Cain' talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that ' Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
    According to the Book of Jubilees Cain got married to his sister Awan.
  • (rare) .

    • See also

    * Abel

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from Hebrew

    kain

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Scotland, legal) poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord
    • (Webster 1913) ----