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Cairn vs Bairn - What's the difference?

cairn | bairn |

As nouns the difference between cairn and bairn

is that cairn is a rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the british isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument while bairn is (scotland|and parts of northern england) a child or baby.

cairn

English

(wikipedia cairn)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
    • Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn . -Campbell.
  • A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
  • A cairn terrier.

    • Derived terms

    * cairned * cairn terrier

    Synonyms

    * burial mound

    References

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    bairn

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland, and parts of Northern England) A child or baby.

    • Synonyms

    *See also .

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