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Sen vs Sean - What's the difference?

sen | sean |

As nouns the difference between sen and sean

is that sen is a sign, omen, portent while sean is sign, omen.

As a verb sean is

to mark with a sign, to bless or sean can be to deny:.

sen

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
  • A coin of this value.
  • * Charles F. C. Ladd, Jr., Around the World at Seventeen (page 70)
    • Before leaving the Kyndam I had bought in exchange what I thought to be enough yens and sens to see me through.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (Yorkshire) self
    • "Hear all, see all, say nowt. Ate all, sup all, pay nowt. An if ever tha does anythin for nowt, mek sure tha does it for tha sen ."
    Derived terms
    * missen (myself) * thissen (thyself)

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ----

    sean

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1874 , Edmund William Hunt Holdsworth, Deep-sea fishing and fishing boats (page 157)
    • Seaning is conducted on a large scale at St. Ives for the capture of pilchards
    (Webster 1913) ----