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Rhino vs Rhine - What's the difference?

rhino | rhine |

As nouns the difference between rhino and rhine

is that rhino is short form of rhinoceros or rhino can be (slang|archaic) money while rhine is (uk|dialect) a watercourse; a ditch for water.

rhino

English

Etymology 1

Shortened form of (rhinoceros).

Noun

(en noun)
  • Short form of rhinoceros.

    • Etymology 2

    Unknown

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang, archaic) money
  • * 1835 , (Frederick Marryat), The Pacha of Many Tales
    • There I fell in with Betsy, and as she proved a regular out and outer, I spliced her, and a famous wedding we had of it, as long as the rhino lasted.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), '' Episode 12, ''The Cyclops
  • *:--Here you are, says Alf, chucking out the rhino . Talking about hanging, I'll show you something you never saw
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    rhine

    English

    (wikipedia Rhine)

    Proper noun

  • A river that flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands.