Thy vs Ton - What's the difference?
thy | ton |
(archaic) That belongs to thee; the possessive form of thou .
(archaic, or, literary) your (informal); that belongs to you (singular).
(obsolete) because.
A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
A unit of volume; register ton.
In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/ (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
(colloquial, hyperbole) A large amount.
(slang) A speed of 100 mph.
(slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
(cricket) One hundred runs.
(darts) One hundred points.
Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
* Thackeray
Fashionable society; those in style.
As an initialism thy
is türk hava yolları'', the native name of ''turkish airlines .As a noun ton is
lineage, ancestry.thy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at thou.Determiner
See also
* thee * thine * thou * thyself * yourEtymology 2
(etyl) (term) "because, forwhy", shortened form of , instrumental case of . More at the, that.Conjunction
(-)See also
* forthy * why * forwhyStatistics
*ton
English
(wikipedia ton)Etymology 1
Variant of .Noun
(en noun)- I’ve got a ton of work to do.
- I've got tons of work to do.
Synonyms
* (large amount) heap, load, pile * (one-hundred runs) century * See alsoDerived terms
* displacement ton * long ton * measurement ton * metric ton (tonne) * register ton * short tonEtymology 2
From (etyl) , from (etyl) tonus.Noun
(-)- (Byron)
- If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.