Fir vs Fin - What's the difference?
fir | fin |
(chiefly, countable, British) Any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris'' or a (true fir) (''Abies ).
(chiefly, countable, US) A conifer of the genus Abies .
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(uncountable) Wood of such trees.
(ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
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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.
As nouns the difference between fir and fin
is that fir is any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris or a true fir (Abies) while fin is one of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.As a verb fin is
(cut fins) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.As a proper noun Fin is
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English
(wikipedia fir)Noun
- I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.
Synonyms
* (all countable senses) fir treeDerived terms
* balsam fir - Abies balsamea * * * * Douglas fir, Douglas-fir - * * fir clubmoss - * * fir-cone * firlike * * firless * firmoss - Huperzia spp. * firry * Fraser fir - * * * jointfir - Ephedra * * * noble fir - * Pacific silver fir - * red fir - Abies spp. * Riga fir - Pinus sylvestris * sacred fir - Abies religiosa * Scotch fir - Pinus sylvestris * sea fir - * silver fir - Abies alba * * * white fir -References
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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.