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Zek vs Zel - What's the difference?

zek | zel |

As nouns the difference between zek and zel

is that zek is a prisoner at a Russian prison, especially at a Soviet labour camp while zel is a type of Oriental cymbal.

zek

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet labour camp.
  • *1988 , Stefani Hoffman, translating (Natan Sharansky), Fear No Evil , p. 235:
  • *:Every prisoner who recants is a potential influence on other zeks to do likewise.
  • *2004 , Jason Burke, The Observer , 8 Feb 2004:
  • *:There are the zeks , the survivors of the gulags, some honest about their experiences, others still deluded or traumatised decades later.

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    zel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of Oriental cymbal.

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