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Nim vs Dim - What's the difference?

nim | dim |

As verbs the difference between nim and dim

is that nim is to take (in all senses); to seize while dim is to make something less bright.

As nouns the difference between nim and dim

is that nim is a game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps while dim is dimness.

As an adjective dim is

not bright or colorful.

As an adverb dim is

dimly, indistinctly.

nim

English

Verb

  • (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:
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  • 773;, d?r? adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
  • (obsolete) To take one's way; to go.
  • (archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal.
  • * 1663 ,
  • They'll question Mars, and, by his look, \ Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;
  • To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
  • Derived terms

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    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia nim)
  • A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.
  • Derived terms

    * nimber

    dim

    Translingual

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