Dis vs Con - What's the difference?
dis | con |
(informal)
Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
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* 1997 , ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 67)
(rare) To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
* Wordsworth
* Burke
* 1963 , D'Arcy Niland, Dadda jumped over two elephants: short stories :
(rare, archaic) To know, understand, acknowledge.
* 1579 , , Iune:
to conduct the movements of a ship at sea.
A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros ).
(slang) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
(slang) To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
(nautical) To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through a channel etc. (rather than steer a compass direction)
(nautical) The navigational direction of a ship
As verbs the difference between dis and con
is that dis is an alternative spelling of lang=en while con is to study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.As nouns the difference between dis and con
is that dis is alternative form of lang=en while con is a disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).As proper nouns the difference between dis and con
is that dis is alternative name for Hades while Con is a male given name, a diminutive form of Conor or Cornelius.As a determiner dis
is this.As a pronoun dis
is this.As an initialism CON is
Certificate of Need.dis
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of disrespect.Verb
(en-verb)Noun
(disses)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(disir)Etymology 3
Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation of this.Anagrams
* ----con
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) connen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(conn)- Fixedly did look / Upon the muddy waters which he conned / As if he had been reading in a book.
- I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson.
- The hawk rested on a crag of the gorge and conned the terrain with a fierce and frowning eye.''
- Of Muses Hobbinol, I conne no skill
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- pros and cons
