Naught vs Nix - What's the difference?
naught | nix | Related terms |
(UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada ) Zero.
(UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada ) Nothing; nothingness.
(colloquial): nothing.
To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 17
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, title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)
, work=The Onion AV Club
To destroy or eradicate.
A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie.
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Naught is a related term of nix.
As a noun naught
is (uk|ireland|australia|nz) (now rare or archaic in us, canada ) zero.As a pronoun naught
is nothing.As a proper noun nix is
(astronomy) one of the moons of pluto (named 21 june 2006) or nix can be .naught
English
Alternative forms
* noughtNoun
(-)- Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team.
- Naught can come of this, you mark my words.''
See also
* aught * naw * negative * no * noot * not * nought * nowt * ought * zipReferences
* English third person pronounsnix
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) nix, colloquial form of . More at (l).Noun
(-)Synonyms
* nada * zipVerb
(es)- Nix the last order - the customer walked out.
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