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Lig vs Lin - What's the difference?

lig | lin |

As verbs the difference between lig and lin

is that lig is to lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position while lin is to desist (from something), stop.

As a noun lin is

a pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.

As a proper noun Lin is

{{surname|from=Chinese}} of Chinese origin (see: 林.

lig

English

Verb

(ligg)
  • To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position.
  • To lay.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l) ----

    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 ----