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Lin vs Lif - What's the difference?

lin | lif |

As nouns the difference between lin and lif

is that lin is flax or lin can be ling (fish) while lif is the fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.

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 ----

    lif

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lief

    Noun

    (-)
  • The fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.
    • (Webster 1913) ----