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chris | robin |

As proper nouns the difference between chris and robin

is that chris is a diminutive of the male given names christopher and, less commonly, of christian while robin is .

As a noun robin is

(soccer) someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the , as a fan, player, coach, etc.

chris

English

Proper noun

  • A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and, less commonly, of Christian.
  • A diminutive of the female name Christina and of its variant forms.
    • English diminutives of male given names English diminutives of female given names ----

    robin

    English

    (wikipedia robin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly ), typically with a red breast.
  • # A European robin; ''Erithacus rubecula.
  • #*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./4/2
    • , passage=As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.}}
  • # An American robin; Turdus migratorius .

    • Usage notes

    The American robin is quite different from the European one: English settlers in America so named a red-breasted bird much larger than the European robin.

    Synonyms

    * (all senses) redbreast, robin redbreast * (the European robin)

    Derived terms

    * robin redbreast * round-robin

    External links

    * (Erithacus rubecula) * (Turdus migratorius) * (Erithacus rubecula) * (Turdus migratorius) ----