Quin vs Quint - What's the difference?
quin | quint |
A European scallop, Pecten opercularis , used as food.
* 1973 , N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)
(music) an interval of one fifth
(in piquet ) a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
(US) a quin or quintuplet
(firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire truck, having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire.
quinte; In fencing, the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.
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As nouns the difference between quin and quint
is that quin is (informal) a quintuplet or quin can be a european scallop, pecten opercularis , used as food while quint is (music) an interval of one fifth.quin
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Noun
(en noun)- 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.