What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Nin vs Nix - What's the difference?

nin | nix |

As nouns the difference between nin and nix

is that nin is affectionate name for a grandmother while nix is : nothing.

As a verb nix is

to make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.

As a proper noun Nix is

one of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006..

nin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dialect, Liverpool) Affectionate name for a grandmother.

    • Synonyms

    * nan, nana, nanna ----

    nix

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) nix, colloquial form of . More at (l).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (colloquial): nothing.
    • Synonyms
    * nada * zip

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
    • Nix the last order - the customer walked out.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 17 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.”}}
  • To destroy or eradicate.

    • Related terms

    * / eighty-six * ixnay * mox nix

    References

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie.
    • ----