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Nin vs Nil - What's the difference?

nin | nil |

As nouns the difference between nin and nil

is that nin is affectionate name for a grandmother while nil is nothing; zero.

As a determiner nil is

no, not any.

nin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dialect, Liverpool) Affectionate name for a grandmother.

    • Synonyms

    * nan, nana, nanna ----

    nil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Nothing; zero.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
    • As to Aristotle's influence on him, we are left free to conjecture whatever seems to us most plausible. For my part, I should suppose it nil .

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • No, not any.
  • * 1982 , Gavin Lyall, Conduct of Major Maxim , Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:
    • But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.

    Related terms

    * nihilism

    See also

    * null * nil desperandum

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from Latin ----