What is the difference between conn and con?
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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.”
(rare) To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
* Wordsworth
* Burke
* 1963 , D'Arcy Niland, Dadda jumped over two elephants: short stories :
(rare, archaic) To know, understand, acknowledge.
* 1579 , , Iune:
to conduct the movements of a ship at sea.
A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros ).
(slang) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
(slang) To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
(nautical) To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through a channel etc. (rather than steer a compass direction)
(nautical) The navigational direction of a ship
As nouns the difference between conn and con
is that conn is the duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the. while con is a disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).As verbs the difference between conn and con
is that conn is 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 while con is to study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.As a proper noun Con is
a male given name, a diminutive form of Conor or Cornelius.As an initialism CON is
Certificate of Need.conn
English
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.
con
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) connen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(conn)- Fixedly did look / Upon the muddy waters which he conned / As if he had been reading in a book.
- I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson.
- The hawk rested on a crag of the gorge and conned the terrain with a fierce and frowning eye.''
- Of Muses Hobbinol, I conne no skill
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- pros and cons