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Lin vs Blin - What's the difference?

lin | blin |

Blin is a derived term of lin.



As verbs the difference between lin and blin

is that lin is to desist (from something), stop while blin is to cease from.

As nouns the difference between lin and blin

is that lin is a pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall while blin is cessation; end.

As proper nouns the difference between lin and blin

is that lin is {{surname|from=Chinese}} of Chinese origin (see: 林 while Blin is an ethnic group from Eritrea.

lin

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) linnen, from (etyl) .

Verb

  • To desist (from something), stop.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i:
    • Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].
  • To cease; leave off.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From Irish or Gaelic.

    Alternative forms

    * linn * lyn

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.
  • A waterfall, or cataract.
    • a roaring lin
  • A steep ravine.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ----

    blin

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) blinnen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To cease from.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.v:
    • nathemore for that spectacle bad, / Did th'other two their cruell vengeaunce blin [...].
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) To stop, desist; to cease to move, run, flow, etc., let up.
  • * 1880 , Margaret Ann Courtney, English Dialect Society, Glossary of words in use in Cornwall :
    • A child may cry for half an hour, and never blin' ; it may rain all day, and never '''blin''' ; the train ran 100 miles, and never ' blinned .
  • * 1908 , John Masefield, A sailor's garland :
    • Thus blinned their boast, as we well ken

    Noun

  • (obsolete) cessation; end

    • Etymology 2

    (wikipedia) From (etyl) .
  • A blintz.

    • Anagrams

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