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kin | ilk |

As nouns the difference between kin and ilk

is that kin is pain while ilk is a type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

As an adjective ilk is

(scotland|and|northern england) very; same.

kin

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) kin, kyn, ken, kun, from (etyl) .

Noun

(-)
  • Race; family; breed; kind.
  • (collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • You are of kin , and so a friend to their persons.
  • One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
  • Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
  • Kind; sort; manner; way.
    • Derived terms
    * akin * kind * kindred * kinfolk * kinship * kinsman * kinswoman * kith and kin * next of kin
    See also
    * kith * clan
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    Adjective

    (-)
  • Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".
    • It turns out my back-fence neighbor is kin to one of my co-workers.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A primitive Chinese musical instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
    • (Riemann)
  • * 1840 , Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams, The Chinese Repository (page 40)
    • If a musician were going to give a lecture upon the mathematical part of his art, he would find a very elegant substitute for the monochord in the Chinese kin .

    Anagrams

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    ilk

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ilke

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (Scotland, and, Northern England) Very; same.
    • (Spenser)

    Usage notes

    Used following a person’s name to show that he lives in a place of the same name, eg Johnstone of that ilk'' means ''Johnstone of Johnstone .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
  • *
    • "Hinkydink” or “Bathhouse John,” or others of that ilk , were proprietors of the most notorious dives in Chicago

    Usage notes

    * In modern use, ilk'' is used in phrases such as ''of his ilk'', (of that ilk), to mean ‘type’ or ‘sort.’ The use arose out of a misunderstanding of the earlier, Scottish use in the phrase ''of that ilk , where it means ‘of the same name or place.’ For this reason, some traditionalists regard the modern use as incorrect. It is, however, the only common current use and is now part of standard English.

    Synonyms

    * kind * likes * sort * type

    Derived terms

    * of that ilk

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