Yin vs Lin - What's the difference?
yin | lin |
(label) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, elements of the natural world.
To desist (from something), stop.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i:
To cease; leave off.
A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.
A waterfall, or cataract.
A steep ravine.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between yin and lin
is that yin is a principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world while lin is a pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a waterfall.As a numeral yin
is the number one, primarily used in Scotland and Ulster.As a verb lin is
to desist (from something), stop.As a proper noun Lin is
{{surname|from=Chinese}} of Chinese origin (see: 林.yin
English
Etymology 1
From early romanizations of Chinese , originally used in reference to shaded areas, as of a mountain or home. (yin)Noun
(-)Etymology 2
From , (m) and (m).lin
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) linnen, from (etyl) .Verb
- Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From Irish or Gaelic.Alternative forms
* linn * lynNoun
(en noun)- a roaring lin