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Yen vs Eyen - What's the difference?

yen | eyen |

Eyen is a alternative form of yen.



As nouns the difference between yen and eyen

is that yen is the unit of Japanese currency, equal to 100 sen while eyen is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.

As a verb yen

is to have a strong desire for.

yen

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from (etyl) ).

Noun

(yen)
  • The unit of Japanese currency, equal to 100 sen.
  • A coin or note worth one yen.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
    • Synonyms
    * craving, desire, hankering, urge, yearning

    Verb

    (yenn)
  • To have a strong desire for.

    • Anagrams

    * English invariant nouns English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    eyen

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) English plurals
  • :* So mote I brouke wel myne eyen tweye, Saue ye I herde neuere man so synge. — Chaucer, 1390
  • :* While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen .'' — Spenser, ''The Fairie Queen
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1897
    • , year_published=2005 , author=William Morris , title=The Water of the Wondrous Isles , chapter=Chapter VII. Birdalone Hath an Adventure in the Wood , url= , genre=Fantasy , publisher=Project Gutenberg , isbn= , page= , passage=But well are thine eyen set in thy head, wide apart, well opened, ...}}

    Anagrams

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