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Linn vs Lin - What's the difference?

linn | lin | Alternative forms |

Lin is a alternative form of linn.


Linn is often a misspelling of lin.


Linn has no English definition.

As a verb 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.

linn

Not English

Linn has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'linn':

lean, lain, loan, lion, loin, lien, lawn, lyn, limn, loon, lin, layn, lown, luan, lauan, lyon, loun, layin

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

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