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Coyn vs Conn - What's the difference?

coyn | conn |

As nouns the difference between coyn and conn

is that coyn is obsolete spelling of coin while conn is the duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the..

As a verb 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.

coyn

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1676, author=Izaak Walton, title=The Compleat Angler, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Well sung brother, you have paid your debt in good coyn , we Anglers are all beholding to the good man that made this Song. }}

    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.”