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Rand vs Rim - What's the difference?

rand | rim |

As nouns the difference between rand and rim

is that rand is the border of an area of land, especially marsh-land while rim is an edge around something, especially when circular.

As verbs the difference between rand and rim

is that rand is to rant; to storm while rim is to form a rim on.

As a proper noun Rand

is the Witwatersrand, a gold-mining geographic area also known as the Reef in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, of which the principal city is Johannesburg.

As an initialism RAND

is reasonable and nondiscriminatory; a standard used with respect to licensing.

rand

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete except in dialects) the border of an area of land, especially marsh-land
  • (obsolete except in dialects) a strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
  • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • a strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe
  • (basket-making) a single rod woven in and out of the stakes
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) rand, from (etyl) rand'', from Germanic ''*randaz.'' Compare Etymology 1, and ''Rand .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • a rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
  • The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
  • See also

    *

    Etymology 3

    See rant.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To rant; to storm.
  • * J. Webster
  • I wept, and raved, randed , and railed.

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    rim

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rim, rym, rime, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An edge around something, especially when circular.
  • wheelrim
  • See also
    * (wheel rim) mag wheel, alloy wheel

    Verb

    (transitive)
  • To form a rim on.
  • To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit
  • Palm trees rim the beach.
    A walking path rims the island.
  • (label) To roll around a rim.
  • The golf ball rimmed the cup.
    The basketball rimmed in and out.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rim, rym, ryme, reme, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A membrane.
  • The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1599, author=Shakespeare, title=King Henry V, chapter=Act IV, scene IV - Pistol to a captured French soldier from whom he wants a ransom and whom he does not understand
  • , passage=Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.}}

    Etymology 3

    From a variation of ream.

    Verb

    (rimm)
  • (label) to lick the anus of a partner as part of the sexual act.
  • * 2008 , Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me) , page 216
  • When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.