Qin vs Fin - What's the difference?
qin | fin |
(music) seven-stringed classical Chinese zither that does not have a bridge, sometimes referred to as guqin where gu stands for ancient.
* 1989 , Zhongguo fu li hui, Chung-kuo fu li hui, China Reconstructs
* 2006 , Dana Standridge, Lessons in Essence: A Novel
(ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
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, title= A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
(senseid)To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
To swim in the manner of a fish.
To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
As nouns the difference between qin and fin
is that qin is seven-stringed classical Chinese zither that does not have a bridge, sometimes referred to as guqin where gu stands for ancient while fin is one of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.As proper nouns the difference between qin and fin
is that qin is an ancient feudal state of China that existed between 778 and 207 BC while Fin is commune in the Somme department in France.As a verb fin is
(cut fins) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.qin
English
Noun
(en noun)- ... there was no longer anyone worth playing his qin' for, so he broke his instrument and never played again. The ' guqin was also a means of expressing love.
- He makes his qin' students take calligraphy with him, and calligraphy and painting students play the ' qin .
fin
English
(wikipedia fin)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}
Synonyms
* (appendange of a fish) * (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) flipper (of mammals) * (aircraft component) * (of a bomb) vane * (hairstyle) Mohican * (device worn by divers) flipperDerived terms
* anal fin * caudal fin * dorsal fin * finning * paired fins * pectoral fin * pelvic fin * tail fin * unpaired finsVerb
- A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.
