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Shutter vs Sunni - What's the difference?

shutter | sunni |

As nouns the difference between shutter and sunni

is that shutter is one who shuts or closes something while sunni is a sunni (person).

As a verb shutter

is to close shutters covering.

shutter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who shuts or closes something.
  • * (Max Beerbohm)
    • it would be very difficult to pack this drawing in such a way that it would be sure not to be injured by the frantic fingers of the openers and shutters .
  • (usually, in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
  • (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture.

    • Derived terms

    * roller shutter * shutter priority * shutter speed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To close shutters covering.
    • Shutter the windows, there's a storm coming!
  • To close up (a building or an operation) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
    • It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.
    The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.

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    sunni

    English

    (Sunni Islam)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Belonging or relating to to the branch of Islam based on the Qur'an, the Kutub al-Sittah (the hadiths which record the Sunnah]]) and that places emphasis on the [[Sahabi, Sahabah.
    • Are all of your family members Sunnis ?
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    • Coordinate terms

    * Shia

    Noun

  • (countable) A follower of Sunnism.
  • (uncountable) Islam.
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    • Synonyms

    * (person) Sunnite; Bukharist (less common), Hadithist (less common); Bakri (offensive); Sunnist (political); Nasibi (offensive)

    Hypernyms

    * (person) Muslim

    Coordinate terms

    * Shia, Sufi, Ahle Quran, Ahmadi, , Quranist, Mu'tazila, Ibadi, Nation of Islam, Mahdavi, Moorish Scientist, ghair muqallid, Muwahhid

    Derived terms

    *de-Sunnification *Sunnify *Sunnitize *Sunniphobia *Sunniness *Sunnitization *Sunnist *Sunnize *Sunnization *pro-Sunni *Sunnism *Sunnicidal *sunnicide *anti-Sunnism *Sunnitic *Sunnidom *Sunnistan *Sunni belt *un-Sunni *non-Sunni *pan-Sunni *pan-Sunnism *Sunnic *Sunnicentric *inter-Sunni *neo-Sunni

    See also

    * Shi'a * Sunnism * Ahle Hadith