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Lene vs Nene - What's the difference?

lene | nene |

As nouns the difference between lene and nene

is that lene is the smooth breathing (spiritus lenis) while nene is the Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, now the state bird of Hawaii.

As a proper noun Nene is

a river that rises in Northamptonshire and flows to the sea at the Wash.

lene

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (phonetics) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
  • (phonetics) Any of the lene consonants, such as p'', ''k'', or ''i (or Greek pi, kappa, tau).
  • * 1861 , William Edward Jelf, Accidence
    • When in a crasis, a lene consonant
    ----

    nene

    English

    (wikipedia nene)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis , now the state bird of Hawaii.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 37:
    • The nene is a handsome bird that almost became extinct in the wild but was reintroduced successfully from ones bred in captivity.

    Synonyms

    * Hawaiian goose * ----