San vs Syn - What's the difference?
san | syn |
A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase ) that came after pi and before qoppa.
(dated, informal) A sanatorium.
* 1940 , Enid Blyton, The Naughtiest Girl in the School
* 2005 , Dan Soucoup, ?Richard Thorne McCully, McCully's New Brunswick (page 137)
As an adjective san
is healthy.As a noun syn is
sight (especially denoting line of sight, the ability to see something particular).san
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)See also
*Etymology 2
sanatoriumNoun
(en noun)- "Haven't you heard?" said Belinda. "Joan's ill! She'd got a high temperature, and she's in bed in the San ."
- River Glade Sanatorium, River Glade, June 25, 1931. The "San " at River Glade with the Petitcodiac River in the background.