Nil vs Nim - What's the difference?
nil | nim |
Nothing; zero.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
No, not any.
* 1982 , Gavin Lyall, Conduct of Major Maxim , Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:
(obsolete) To take (in all senses); to seize.
* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
(obsolete) To take one's way; to go.
(archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal.
* 1663 ,
To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
As an initialism nil
is (nanotechnology) (nanoimprint lithography).As a verb nim is
or nim can be .nil
English
Noun
(en noun)- As to Aristotle's influence on him, we are left free to conjecture whatever seems to us most plausible. For my part, I should suppose it nil .
Determiner
(en determiner)- But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.
See also
* null * nil desperandumAnagrams
* English terms derived from Latin ----nim
English
Verb
- dorr?&
- 773;, d?r? adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
- They'll question Mars, and, by his look, \ Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;