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Nephew vs Nic - What's the difference?

nephew | nic |

As a noun nephew

is a son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).

As an acronym NIC is

network interface card: used to interface a computer to a network.

As a proper noun Nic is

a diminutive of the female given names Nicola, Nichola, and Nicole.

nephew

English

Noun

(wikipedia nephew) (en noun)
  • A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * (with regards to gender) niece * (with regards to ancestry) uncle, aunt

    Hypernyms

    * nibling

    Derived terms

    * great-nephew * half nephew

    nic

    Translingual

    Symbol

    (head)
  • The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Nicaragua.
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