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Quin vs Qin - What's the difference?

quin | qin |

As nouns the difference between quin and qin

is that quin is a quintuplet while qin is seven-stringed classical Chinese zither that does not have a bridge, sometimes referred to as guqin where gu stands for ancient.

As a proper noun Qin is

an ancient feudal state of China that existed between 778 and 207 BC.

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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    qin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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
    • ... 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.
  • * 2006 , Dana Standridge, Lessons in Essence: A Novel
    • He makes his qin' students take calligraphy with him, and calligraphy and painting students play the ' qin .
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