Fon vs Fin - What's the difference?
fon | fin |
(rfv-sense) (obsolete) A fool or idiot.
* 1579 , Edmund Spender, The Shepheardes Calender: Februarie :
(rfv-sense) (obsolete) Foolish; simple; silly.
(rfv-sense) (obsolete) To be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote.
A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
* 2008 , Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (ISBN 9956558168), page 71:
* 2010 , Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (ISBN 0810873990), page 53:
* 2011 , Society and Change in Bali Nyonga: Critical Perspectives (ISBN 9956579394), page 152:
(ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
* , chapter=4
, 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.
As nouns the difference between fon and fin
is that fon is a fool or idiot while fin is one of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.As verbs the difference between fon and fin
is that fon is to be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote while fin is (cut fins) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.As proper nouns the difference between fon and fin
is that fon is a language of Benin and Togo, specifically, in the southern regions corresponding to the former kingdom of Dahomey. Also known as Fongbe or Fɔngbe, it is part of the Gbe family of West African languages while Fin is commune in the Somme department in France.As an adjective fon
is foolish; simple; silly.fon
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fon, fonne, of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) . More at (m).Noun
(en noun)- Thou art a fon , of thy loue to boste,
- All that is lent to loue, wyll be lost.
Adjective
(-)Etymology 2
From (etyl) fonnen, from fon, .Verb
(fonn)Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA),
- In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.
- Biya's volte-face became apparent in July 1990 when he, as president of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) appointed Ganyonga and the fons of Mankon and and Bafut into key positions of the party
fin
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.