Den vs Din - What's the difference?
den | din |
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
(UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
(reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
(a unit of weight)
Deutsches Institut für Normung. (German Institute for Standardization)
A formerly used logarithmic expression of the speed of a photographic film, plate, etc.; high-speed films have high numbers.
As nouns the difference between den and din
is that den is a small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment while din is a loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.As verbs the difference between den and din
is that den is to ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den while din is to be filled with sound; to resound.As an abbreviation den
is abbreviation of lang=en (a unit of weight.As a proper noun Den
is a diminutive of the male given name Dennis.As an acronym DIN is
deutsches Institut für Normung. (German Institute for Standardization.den
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) den, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a den of robbers
- Daniel was put into the lions’ den .
- a den of vice
- an opium den'''; a gambling '''den
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