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Fin vs Pylon - What's the difference?

fin | pylon |

As nouns the difference between fin and pylon

is that fin is finn while pylon is pylon (traffic cone).

fin

English

(wikipedia fin)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
  • * , chapter=4
    • , title= 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.}}
  • 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.
    • 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) flipper
    Derived terms
    * anal fin * caudal fin * dorsal fin * finning * paired fins * pectoral fin * pelvic fin * tail fin * unpaired fins

    Verb

  • (senseid)To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
  • To swim in the manner of a fish.
    • A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.
  • To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.

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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) A five-dollar bill.
    • Synonyms
    * (five-dollar bill) fiver, Lincoln

    Anagrams

    * (l) English three-letter words ----

    pylon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
  • A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=7 citation , passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
  • (aviation)  A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
  • An obelisk.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author= , title=The Washington Monument , volume=100, issue=1, page=16 , magazine= citation , passage=The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true obelisk,” even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.}}
  • A traffic cone.
  • (American football)  An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.