Pos vs Con - What's the difference?
pos | con |
(rare) To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
* Wordsworth
* Burke
* 1963 , D'Arcy Niland, Dadda jumped over two elephants: short stories :
(rare, archaic) To know, understand, acknowledge.
* 1579 , , Iune:
to conduct the movements of a ship at sea.
A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros ).
(slang) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
(slang) To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
(nautical) To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through a channel etc. (rather than steer a compass direction)
(nautical) The navigational direction of a ship
In lang=en terms the difference between pos and con
is that pos is proof of service while con is a fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.As initialisms the difference between pos and con
is that pos is parent over shoulderCON is Certificate of Need.As an adjective pos
is positive.As a verb con is
to study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.As a noun con is
a disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).As a proper noun Con is
a male given name, a diminutive form of Conor or Cornelius.con
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) connen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(conn)- Fixedly did look / Upon the muddy waters which he conned / As if he had been reading in a book.
- I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson.
- The hawk rested on a crag of the gorge and conned the terrain with a fierce and frowning eye.''
- Of Muses Hobbinol, I conne no skill
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- pros and cons