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Naik vs Naif - What's the difference?

naik | naif |

As nouns the difference between naik and naif

is that naik is a lord or governor in south asia while naif is one who is naive.

As an adjective naif is

naive.

naik

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A lord or governor in South Asia.
  • An officer (equivalent to corporal) in a corps of Indian or Nepalese soldiers.
  • * 1888': Also, he had to keep his temper [...] especially once when he was abused by a '''Naik he had himself recruited from Isser Jang village — Rudyard Kipling, ‘Miss Youghal's ''Sais''’, ''Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 26)

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    naif

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    Adjective

    (er)
  • Naive.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is naive.

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