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Kevin vs Kelvin - What's the difference?

kevin | kelvin |

As proper nouns the difference between kevin and kelvin

is that kevin is a given name derived from Irish. It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century while Kelvin is a river in Scotland, running through Glasgow.

As a noun kelvin is

in the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".

kevin

English

Proper noun

(Kevins)
  • . It first became popular outside Ireland in the mid-twentieth century.
  • (British, pejorative, slang) A working-class male.

    • Related terms

    * pet form: Kev

    Quotations

    * 1990 Ruth Rendell: Going Wrong ISBN 0091743001 page 157: *: "Guy," he said. He said it slowly and with a certain puzzlement. He said it again, thoughtfully, as if it were a name of someone he had known long ago but couldn't quite place. "Guy. Yes - don't you find it difficult being called that? I mean, if Nora hadn't said, I'd have put you down as a Kevin , or a Barry. Yes, Barry would suit you." *: He looked like an innocent child, smiling, wide-eyed, his cheeks plump and rosy, defying the object of his insults to take offence. * 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes . Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0 00 649840 X page 203: *: They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin' and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called , ' Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.

    See also

    * Sharon ----

    kelvin

    English

    (wikipedia kelvin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".
  • A unit interval on the Kelvin scale.
    • The interval between the freezing and boiling points of water is 100 kelvins .
  • (usually as postpositioned adjective) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale.
    • Ice melts above 273.15 kelvin .
    Water boils above 373.15 kelvin .

    Synonyms

    * (temperature unit interval) degree Celsius, degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (a) * (specific temperature) degree absolute (obsolete), degree Kelvin (obsolete), degree kelvin (a)

    See also

    * kelvin (K) – entry in How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement English eponyms ----