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Robin vs Rubin - What's the difference?

robin | rubin |

As nouns the difference between robin and rubin

is that robin is various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly family: Eopsaltridae), typically with a red breast while rubin is a ruby.

As proper nouns the difference between robin and rubin

is that robin is a given name derived from Germanic while Rubin is a given name derived from Hebrew, a rather rare spelling variant of Reuben.

robin

English

(wikipedia robin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly ), typically with a red breast.
  • # A European robin; ''Erithacus rubecula.
  • #*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./4/2
  • , passage=As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.}}
  • # An American robin; Turdus migratorius .
  • Usage notes

    The American robin is quite different from the European one: English settlers in America so named a red-breasted bird much larger than the European robin.

    Synonyms

    * (all senses) redbreast, robin redbreast * (the European robin)

    Derived terms

    * robin redbreast * round-robin

    rubin

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a rather rare spelling variant of Reuben.
  • See also

    * Ruben * Reuben

    Anagrams

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