Fir vs Firn - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between fir and firn

is that fir is (chiefly|countable|british) any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a scots pine, pinus sylvestris'' or a (true fir) (''abies ) while firn is a type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snow-cone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.

fir

English

(wikipedia fir)

Noun

(chiefly, countable, British) Any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris'' or a (true fir) (''Abies ).

(chiefly, countable, US) A conifer of the genus Abies .

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* 1991 , (Paul Chadwick), Concrete: American Christmas , Dark Horse Books

I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.

(uncountable) Wood of such trees.

Synonyms

* (all countable senses) fir tree

Derived terms

* balsam fir - Abies balsamea * * * * Douglas fir, Douglas-fir - * * fir clubmoss - * * fir-cone * firlike * * firless * firmoss - Huperzia spp. * firry * Fraser fir - * * * jointfir - Ephedra * * * noble fir - * Pacific silver fir - * red fir - Abies spp. * Riga fir - Pinus sylvestris * sacred fir - Abies religiosa * Scotch fir - Pinus sylvestris * sea fir - * silver fir - Abies alba * * * white fir -

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firn

English

Noun

(wikipedia firn) (en noun)

A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snow-cone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.