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Zen vs Gen - What's the difference?

zen | gen |

As nouns the difference between zen and gen

is that zen is (religion) a denomination of buddhism while gen is chin.

As an adjective zen

is (religion) pertaining to this denomination of buddhism.

zen

English

(wikipedia Zen)

Alternative forms

* zen

Noun

(-)
  • (religion) A denomination of Buddhism elaborated in Japan.
  • (informal) A philosophy of calm, reminiscent of that of the Buddhist denomination.

    • Related terms

    * Zenji

    Usage notes

    Usually capitalized in all senses, almost always when talking about the denomination proper (compare (Catholicism)), usually but less often when referring to a looser sense of the philosophy or calm: “That’s very zen.” versus “She studies Zen Buddhism.”

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) Extremely relaxed and collected.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    gen

    English

    Etymology 1

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A Niger-Congo language of Togo.

    • External links

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    Etymology 2

    * Shortened from new generation, from (etyl) "generazione nuova"

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement

    • Anagrams

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