Coins vs Conns - What's the difference?
coins | conns |
(conn)
The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have'' or '' to take and accompanied by the article "the."
To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
*1724 , Daniel Defoe,
*:“Ay,” says I, “you’ll allow me to steer, that is, hold the helm, but you’ll conn the ship, as they call it; that is, as at sea, a boy serves to stand at the helm, but he that gives him the orders is pilot.”
As verbs the difference between coins and conns
is that coins is (coin) while conns is (conn).As a noun coins
is .conns
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Verb
(head)conn
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Noun
(en noun)- The officer of the deck has the conn of the vessel; the captain took the conn when he reached the bridge.
Verb
(en verb)- The pilot conned the ship safely into the harbor.