Fin vs Fig - What's the difference?
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(ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
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, title= A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
(senseid)To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
To swim in the manner of a fish.
To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
A small piece of tobacco.
The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
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(obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.
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(obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.
In intransitive terms the difference between fin and fig
is that fin is to swim in the manner of a fish while fig is to move suddenly or quickly; rove about.As nouns the difference between fin and fig
is that fin is one of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver while fig is a fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.As verbs the difference between fin and fig
is that fin is (cut fins) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc while fig is to insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.As a proper noun Fin
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English
(wikipedia fin)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}
Synonyms
* (appendange of a fish) * (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) flipper (of mammals) * (aircraft component) * (of a bomb) vane * (hairstyle) Mohican * (device worn by divers) flipperDerived terms
* anal fin * caudal fin * dorsal fin * finning * paired fins * pectoral fin * pelvic fin * tail fin * unpaired finsVerb
- A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.
External links
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Synonyms
* (five-dollar bill) fiver, LincolnAnagrams
* (l) English three-letter words ----fig
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fige, fygge (also fyke, from (etyl) )Andreas Franz and Wilhelm Schimper, Plant Geography Upon a Physiological Basis , volume 2 (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1902), page 100. Another (etyl) root (compare (etyl) ; whence (etyl) sycophant.Noun
(en noun)- I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!
Derived terms
* caprifig * fig leaf * figgy * figtree * not give a figVerb
(figg)- When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.