What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Ken vs Kent - What's the difference?

ken | kent |

Kent is a related term of ken.



As verbs the difference between ken and kent

is that ken is {{context|lang=en|transitive|mostly|Scotland}} To know, perceive or understand while kent is past tense of ken.

As proper nouns the difference between ken and kent

is that ken is a diminutive of the male given name Kenneth while Kent is a maritime county in the southeast of England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.

As a noun ken

is knowledge or perception.

ken

English

Etymology 1

Northern and Scottish dialects from (etyl) . The noun meaning “range of sight” is a nautical abbreviation of present participle kenning.

Noun

(-)
  • Knowledge or perception.
  • Range of sight.
    • Usage notes
    In common usage a (fossil word), found only in the phrase .
    Coordinate terms
    * (nautical range of sight) (l)
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "ken")

    Verb

  • To know, perceive or understand.
  • To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.
  • * 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
    • I proposed to the Mariners, that it would be of great benefit in Navigation to make use of [the telescope] upon the round-top of a ship, to discover and kenne Vessels afar off.
  • * Addison
    • We ken them from afar.''
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis he. I ken the manner of his gait.
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "ken")
    Derived terms
    * beken * foreken * kenned * kenning * misken * underken * unkenned
    References
    * * * * *

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from kennel.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, UK, obsolete) A house, especially a den of thieves.
    • English irregular verbs ----

    kent

    English

    (wikipedia Kent)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A maritime county in the southeast of England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
  • A town in Connecticut
  • A CDP in Iowa
  • A city in Minnesota
  • A town in New York
  • A city in Ohio
  • A city in Washington, USA
  • derived from the place name.
  • transferred from the surname; of mostly American usage, but never popular.

    • Derived terms

    * Fort Kent * Kent Acres * Kent City * Kent Island * Kentland * Kent Narrows * Kent Peninsula * Kentville * South Kent