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What is the difference between kith and kin?

kith | kin |

Kin is a synonym of kith.



As nouns the difference between kith and kin

is that kith is friends and acquaintances while kin is race; family; breed; kind.

As an adjective kin is

related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".

kith

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (obsolete) friends and acquaintances
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2000-08-03 , year= , first= , last= , author=Michael Kelly , authorlink= , title=New Hope For Nice Guys , site=Orlando Sentinel citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-04-06 , passage=The demography-crossing thing that undergirds this election year, I think, is a strong, broad desire to punish Clinton and his kith with a denial of further power. }}

    Derived terms

    * kith and kin * kithless

    See also

    * kin * kinfolk

    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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