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Quink vs Quin - What's the difference?

quink | quin |

As nouns the difference between quink and quin

is that quink is a hypothetical fundamental particle; a preon while quin is a quintuplet.

quink

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) A hypothetical fundamental particle; a preon.
  • * 1987 , D. G. Garan, Our sciences ruled by human prejudice
    • For instance, quarks now are supposed to have their own elemental constituents: prequarks, maons, quinks , or rishons; so far there are ten kinds of them.

    quin

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A quintuplet.
    • Related terms
    * quad

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A European scallop, Pecten opercularis , used as food.
  • * 1973 , N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)
    • Similarly the stocks of the free-living scallops and quins , which are caught by trawling, are threatened by over-fishing to supply the market for canned or frozen luxury sea-foods.
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