Rein vs Resistant - What's the difference?
rein | resistant |
A strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
(figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
* Milton
To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
* Chapman
To restrain; to control; to check.
* Shakespeare
A kidney.
*, II.12:
*:a man subject to these like imaginations.
*1611 , (King James Bible), :
*:He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins .
The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
*Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 16
*:My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
*Bible, Revelations ii. 23
*:I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.
A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
A thing which resists.
Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
(statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
As verbs the difference between rein and resistant
is that rein is to give while resistant is .As a noun resistant is
resistant.As an adjective resistant is
resistant.rein
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) reyne, from (etyl) resne (Modern French .Noun
(en noun)- Let their eyes rove without rein .
Verb
(en verb)- He mounts and reins his horse.
- Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance.
Derived terms
* rein inDerived terms
* free rein * hold the reins * keep a tight rein on * draw rein * rein back * rein in * rein up * take the reinsEtymology 2
From (etyl) reines, (etyl) reins, and their source, (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* * English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----resistant
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- The infection is resistant to antibiotics.