Fin vs Rib - What's the difference?
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(ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
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, title= A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
(senseid)To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
To swim in the manner of a fish.
To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum
A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something
A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones
(label) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull
Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength
(label) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
(label) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth
(label) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf
A teasing joke
A single strand of hair.
A stalk of celery.
To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs
To tease or make fun of someone
To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
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(label) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
In transitive terms the difference between fin and rib
is that fin is to provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins while rib is to leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).As a proper noun Fin
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English
(wikipedia fin)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}
Synonyms
* (appendange of a fish) * (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) flipper (of mammals) * (aircraft component) * (of a bomb) vane * (hairstyle) Mohican * (device worn by divers) flipperDerived terms
* anal fin * caudal fin * dorsal fin * finning * paired fins * pectoral fin * pelvic fin * tail fin * unpaired finsVerb
- A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.