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Linkage vs Lin - What's the difference?

linkage | lin |

As nouns the difference between linkage and lin

is that linkage is a mechanical device that connects things while lin is a pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.

As a verb lin is

to desist (from something), stop.

As a proper noun Lin is

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

linkage

English

Noun

(en noun) (Genetic linkage)
  • A mechanical device that connects things.
  • :A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.
  • A connection or relation between things or ideas.
  • (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
  • (linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.

    • Synonyms

    *(mechanical device that connects things ): *(connection or relation between things or ideas ): association, bond, connection, link, relationship *(in genetics ): *(in linguistics ):

    Derived terms

    * linkage map

    Anagrams

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    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 ----