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Quin vs Quib - What's the difference?

quin | quib |

As nouns the difference between quin and quib

is that quin is a quintuplet while quib is a quip or gibe.

quin

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A quintuplet.
    • Related terms
    * quad

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A European scallop, Pecten opercularis , used as food.
  • * 1973 , N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)
    • Similarly the stocks of the free-living scallops and quins , which are caught by trawling, are threatened by over-fishing to supply the market for canned or frozen luxury sea-foods.
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    quib

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A quip or gibe.
    • He was full of joke and jest / But all his merry quibs are o'er — Tennyson.