Conn vs Stain - What's the difference?
conn | stain |
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.”
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.
To discolour something
To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
* Milton
To coat a surface with a stain
To treat a microscope specimen with a dye
To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* Spenser
As a proper noun conn
is used in ireland.As a noun stain is
.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.
stain
English
(wikipedia stain)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* (l) * Giemsa stain * Leishman stain * Romanowsky stain * Wright-Giemse stain * Wright's stainVerb
(en verb)- to stain the hand with dye
- armour stained with blood
- Of honour void, / Of innocence, of faith, of purity, / Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained .
- to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.
- the stained glass used for church windows
- She stains the ripest virgins of her age.
- that did all other beasts in beauty stain