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Din vs Dan - What's the difference?

din | dan |

In obsolete terms the difference between din and dan

is that din is to be filled with sound; to resound while dan is a title of respect: Sir, Master.

As an acronym DIN

is deutsches Institut für Normung. (German Institute for Standardization.

As a verb din

is to be filled with sound; to resound.

As a proper noun Dan is

the fifth son of Jacob, whose mother was his wife's handmaid Bilhah.

din

English

Acronym

(Acronym) (head)
  • 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.

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    dan

    English

    (dan rank)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rank of black belt in martial arts
  • Someone who has achieved a level of black belt

    • Etymology 2

    Uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl)

    Noun

  • (obsolete)
  • * Spenser
    • Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright / The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell.
  • * Thomson
    • What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land.
    (Webster 1913)

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