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Ronin vs Roin - What's the difference?

ronin | roin |

As nouns the difference between ronin and roin

is that ronin is a masterless samurai while roin is a scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.

As a verb roin is

to growl; to roar.

ronin

English

(wikipedia ronin)

Noun

(ronin)
  • A masterless samurai.
  • (colloquial, Japan) A student who has failed the entrance examination for the high school or university of their choice and spends the next year studying to retake the exam.

    • roin

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) runger, ultimately of imitative origin.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To growl; to roar.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.9:
    • Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, / And softly royne , when salvage choler gan redound.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ruinne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.
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