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Zek vs Zen - What's the difference?

zek | zen |

As nouns the difference between zek and zen

is that zek is a prisoner at a Russian prison, especially at a Soviet labour camp while Zen is a denomination of Buddhism elaborated in Japan.

As an adjective Zen is

extremely relaxed and collected.

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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    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.

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