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Nine vs Kine - What's the difference?

nine | kine |

As nouns the difference between nine and kine

is that nine is the digit or figure {{term|9}} while kine is irregular plural of cow.

As a numeral nine

is a numerical value equal to 9; the number occurring after eight and before ten.

nine

English

(wikipedia nine)

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after eight and before ten.
  • A cat has nine lives.
  • Describing a set or group with nine components.
  • See also

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The digit or figure .
  • (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
  • (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
  • (computing, engineering, usually in plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
  • They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines .
  • (label) A baseball club, a baseball team (composed of nine players).
  • * 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:Peter Morris,
  • A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks, pp. 411–412
  • *:The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.
  • Synonyms

    * (Roman numerals): (l)

    Coordinate terms

    * Previous : eight () * Next : ten ()

    Derived terms

    * cloud nine * dressed to the nines * on cloud nine * the whole nine yards

    See also

    *

    kine

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) (cow)
  • Derived terms

    * kine-pox * kith and kine