different between cons vs coss

English

Etymology 1

Noun

cons

1. plural of con

Etymology 2

Clipping of construct.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nz/, /?k?ns/

Noun

cons (plural conses)

1. (programming) A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

   Synonym: cons cell

   Meronyms: car, cdr

Verb

cons (third-person singular simple present conses, present participle consing, simple past and past participle consed)

1. (programming) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.

Etymology 3

Verb

cons

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of con

Anagrams

• CNOs, NCOs, NOCs, OCNs, ONCs, ONSC, scon

Catalan

Noun

cons

1. plural of con

French

Noun

cons m

1. plural of con

English

Alternative forms

• koss

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ??? (kos), from Sanskrit ????? (kró?a, “cry, yell; measure of distance”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

coss (plural cosses or coss)

1. (South Asia) A measure of distance, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, pp. 410-11:

     A full half koss from bank to bank is the stream now – you can see it under the stars – and there are ten feet of water therein.

Anagrams

• CSOs, SCOs, Socs, socs

Old English

Alternative forms

• cos

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koss/, [kos]

Noun

coss m

1. kiss

Declension

Derived terms

• cyssan

Descendants

• Middle English: cos, cus, kis, kys
  • English: kiss
  • Yola: kesse