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Muni vs Rishi - What's the difference?

muni | rishi |

As a verb muni

is .

muni

English

Etymology 1

Short for municipal

Noun

(en noun)
  • (finance) A municipal bond
    • I invested half of my savings in a muni fund.
  • A facility operated by a municipal government, such as a golf course or train line
    • We usually play at a muni .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (often, italicized) A Jain or Buddhist ascetic who has taken a vow of silence
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    rishi

    English

    (wikipedia rishi)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character.
  • * 2006 , Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation , Atlantic Books 2007, p. 25:
    • The rishi asked one unfathomable question after another, until both he and his audience were reduced to the silence of unknowing.
  • (post-Vedic ) A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India history as the patriarchs of other countries, constituting a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men.
  • * 2005 , Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown , Vintage 2006, p. 25:
    • In the beginning Max had no idea she was even a film actress, this girl with the skin the colour of scorched earth, the well-concealed body and the demure manner of a disciple walking in the footsteps of a great rishi .

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