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Yon vs Yin - What's the difference?

yon | yin |

As a noun yon

is .

yon

English

Etymology 1

(etyl)

Adjective

(-)
  • (dated, or, dialect) That (thing) over there; of something distant, but within sight.
    • He went to climb yon hill.
  • * Milton
    • Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.
  • *

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • (dated, or, dialect) Yonder.

    • Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (dated, or, dialect) That one or those over there.

    • Etymology 2

    Phrase

    (en-phrase)
  • (knitting)
  • * 2006 , Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 222)
    • Buttonhole row: (K1, p1) 3 times, yon', k2tog, (k1,p1) 5 times, ' yon , k2tog,
    ----

    yin

    English

    Etymology 1

    From early romanizations of Chinese , originally used in reference to shaded areas, as of a mountain or home. (yin)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (label) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, elements of the natural world.
    • Related terms
    * (complement) yang * (unity) yin-yang

    Etymology 2

    From , (m) and (m).

    Numeral

    (head)
  • The number one, primarily used in Scotland and Ulster
    • English cardinal numbers ----