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En vs Et - What's the difference?

en | et |

As a pronoun en

is he, him.

As a noun et is

east.

en

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Noun

(head)
  • English

    • Etymology 2

    The name of the letter comes from (etyl) en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.
  • (typography) A unit of measurement equal to half of an em (half of the height of the type in use).
    • Derived terms
    * (typography) en dash * (typography) en quad * (typography) en space
    See also
    *

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
    • Derived terms
    * en ami * en banc * en bloc * en brochette * en clair * en effet * en famille * en femme * * en garde * en masse * en pantoufles * en passant * * en retard * en retraite * en revanche * en route * en secondes noces * en suite

    Anagrams

    * English two-letter words ----

    et

    English

    (wikipedia et)

    Etymology 1

    From French

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (obsolete) and
    • See also
    * , et alia, et aliae, et alii, et alios * et alibi * *

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (colloquial, or, dialectal) (eat)
  • * 1896: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Tom Sawyer, Detective [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=text&offset=638956722&textreg=2&query=+he+et&id=TwaDete]
    • Well, the man was astonished, of course; and first off he looked like he didn't know whether to be scared, or glad, or both, or which, but finally he settled down to being glad; and then his color come back, though at first his face had turned pretty white. So we got to talking together while he et his breakfast.
  • * 1907: O. Henry, Seats of the Haughty [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Seats_of_the_Haughty]
    • 'Boss,' says the cabby, 'I et a steak in that restaurant once. If you're real hungry, I advise you to try the saddle-shops first.'
  • * 1919: Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Long-Distance Call From Jim
    • Well, I don't care if he does! I can remember the time when he et a good old-fashioned supper. And it's awful silly to call it dinner. 'Breakfast, dinner and supper, created He them.' I believe I could find them very words in the Bible if I set out to hunt.
  • * 1937 , J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit :
    • Yer can't expect folk to stop here for ever just to be et by you and Bert.
  • * 18 February 1946 , Life'' magazine:
    • It must have been somethin’ I et !
  • * 1996 , Dana Lyons, "Cows with Guns":
    • They eat to grow, grow to die / Die to be et at the hamburger fry
  • * 2001 , Richard Williams, The Animator's Survival Kit , page 220:
    • Something I et ?

    Anagrams

    * English coordinating conjunctions ----