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Conn vs Stain - What's the difference?

conn | stain |

As a proper noun conn

is used in ireland.

As a noun stain is

.

conn

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have'' or '' to take and accompanied by the article "the."
  • The officer of the deck has the conn of the vessel; the captain took the conn when he reached the bridge.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.
  • The pilot conned the ship safely into the harbor.
  • *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.”
  • stain

    English

    (wikipedia stain)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A discoloured spot or area.
  • A blemish on one's character or reputation.
  • A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
  • A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
  • Derived terms

    * (l) * Giemsa stain * Leishman stain * Romanowsky stain * Wright-Giemse stain * Wright's stain

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To discolour something
  • to stain the hand with dye
    armour stained with blood
  • To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
  • * Milton
  • Of honour void, / Of innocence, of faith, of purity, / Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained .
  • To coat a surface with a stain
  • to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.
    the stained glass used for church windows
  • To treat a microscope specimen with a dye
  • To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • She stains the ripest virgins of her age.
  • * Spenser
  • that did all other beasts in beauty stain

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