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Noun vs Coun - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between noun and coun

is that noun is (grammar|sensu lato) a name of a thing either a noun substantive, which can stand alone and does not require another word to be joined with it to show its signification, or a noun adjective, which can not stand by itself, but requires to be joined with some other word, in order to make sense while coun is .

As a verb noun

is to convert a word to a noun.

noun

English

(wikipedia noun)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (grammar, sensu lato) A name of a thing. Either a noun substantive, which can stand alone and does not require another word to be joined with it to show its signification, or a noun adjective, which can not stand by itself, but requires to be joined with some other word, in order to make sense.
  • (grammar, sensu stricto) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

    • Usage notes

    * (sensu stricto) In English (and in many other languages), a noun can serve as the subject or object of a verb. For example, the English words (table) and (computer) are nouns. See .

    Synonyms

    * name, nameword * (sensu stricto) noun substantive, substantive

    Hyponyms

    * (sensu lato) noun substantive = substantive, noun adjective = adjective * (sensu stricto) See also

    Derived terms

    * abstract noun * adjectival noun * attributive noun * collective noun * common noun * concrete noun * count noun * mass noun * non-count noun * noun adjunct * noun clause * noun of assemblage * noun of multitude * noun phrase * plural noun * pronoun * proper noun * uncount noun

    Related terms

    * nominal

    See also

    * countable

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To convert a word to a noun.
  • * 1992 , Lewis Acrelius Froman, Language and Power: Books III, IV, and V
    • For example, that females are different from but equal to males is oxymoronic by virtue of the nouned status of female and male as kinds of persons.
  • * 2000 , Andrew J. DuBrin, The complete idiot's guide to leadership
    • However, too much nouning makes you sound bureaucratic, immature, and verbally challenged. Top executives convert far fewer nouns into verbs than do workers at lower levels.

    Anagrams

    * English autological terms ----

    coun

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • * 1866 , “Appendix to Report of the Minister of Agriculture and Statistics: The Blue Book; or, Statement of the Public Service of Canada for the year 1864”, in Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada , volume 26, page 7:
    • Entered service of Leg. Coun.' of U. C. May, 1822. Appointed Clerk Asst. to Leg. ' Coun. in 1841—Master in Chancery in 1851.
  • * 1922 July 1, in A. Precott Folwell (editor), Public Works , Volume 53, Number 1, page 13:
    • Ind., Goshen— Elkhart Co. Coun. approved road building program requiring $347,200 bond issue for hard surf. roads.
  • * 2003 , , Absolute Friends , ][http://www.amazon.com/Absolute-Friends-John-Carre/dp/0316159395 Little, Brown and Company (2004), ISBN 978-0-316-15939-5, page 176:
    • “And we work full-time with the Brit. Coun. ?”