Hind vs Christian - What's the difference?
hind | christian |
Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
* 1918 , Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
*, III.1.3:
A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus .
(archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
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*:Attilius Regulus .
* 1827 , Maria Elizabeth Budden,
* 1931 , Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth :
A believer in Christianity.
* 2008 , Christopher Catherwood, Making War in the Name of God, Page 188
* 1997', Anne Field, ''From darkness to light: how one became a '''Christian in the early church (ISBN 1888212063)
An individual who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
found in England since the twelfth century.
of medieval usage, rare today.
(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Jesus Christ.
Kind, charitable; moral; (a term of approbation).
* 1824 , Susan Ferrier, The Inheritance
* 1854 , Nathaniel James Merriman, The Kafir, the Hottentot, and the frontier farmer (page 74)
* 1859 , David W. Belisle, The American family Robinson (page 290)
* 1867 , Henry Shepheard, Ithuriel's spear; or, Is this Christianity? (page 118)
* 1867? , Janet Robertson, Christine; or, Common-Place People
* 1981 , Mary Leader, Salem's Children , ISBN 084390982X, page 82
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As adjectives the difference between hind and christian
is that hind is located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts) while christian is .As a noun hind
is a female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old or hind can be (archaic) a servant, especially an agricultural labourer.hind
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Adjective
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
Derived terms
* hind legEtymology 2
(Epinephelus) (etyl) (m), from (etyl), from a formation on (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Noun
(en noun)- Nature binds all creatures to love their young ones; an hen to preserve her brood will run upon a lion, an hind will fight with a bull, a sow with a bear, a silly sheep with a fox.
Synonyms
* (female deer) doeEtymology 3
(etyl) , in the phrase h?na fæder'' ‘paterfamilias’. The ''-d'' is a later addition (compare ''sound ).Noun
(en noun)Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 41:
- The peaceful tenour of Nina's life was interrupted one morning by the mysterious looks and whisperings of her maids and hinds .
- that my brother can sit at leisure in a seat and learn something and I must work like a hind , who am your son as well as he!
christian
English
Noun
(en noun)- thousands of people have been killed in recent years in violence between Muslims and Christians .
Hypernyms
* religionist, theist, Abrahamist, People of the BookHyponyms
* ChristianistCoordinate terms
*Proper noun
(en proper noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- That's very Christian of you.
- I cannot help thinking there are people in the world who are very tiresome, very impertinent, and very disagreeable; yet, I don't think it would be a very Christian act were I to tell them so.
- I must say I have seen him do a very Christian act at the Fish River. Some Kafir women were there eating; he begged of them; they refused to give him any food. I gave him some of the victuals we were enjoying, and he instantly broke the bread, and gave of it to these very Kafir women who had just refused any of theirs.
- "Besides this," said the trapper, "it is hardly a Christian act to leave these two men to perish by the hands of the savages
- So, in his esteem, an auto da fé'' — an "act of faith," as the words mean — is ''really an act of faith — an act of such faith as the author of "Ecce Homo" approves — a most Christian act — a most humane act
- I have only been at home two days, and here I am come on the third to see you and Tiny, so it is not Christian of you — as my mother would say — to receive your dutiful grand-nephew in such an unkind manner
- "Why should I? It's very Christian of you." "People here do not think of me as a Christian, Mitti." "I'd call it Christian charity," I floundered. "You think Christians have a monopoly on charity?" she asked. "Well, no," I stammered.