different between coun vs conn

English

Noun

coun

1. Abbreviation of council.
   • 1866, “Appendix to Report of the Minister of Agriculture and Statistics: The Blue Book; or, Statement of the Public Service of Canada for the year 1864”, in Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, volume 26, page 7:

     Entered service of Leg. Coun. of U. C. May, 1822. Appointed Clerk Asst. to Leg. Coun. in 1841—Master in Chancery in 1851.

   • 1922 July 1, in A. Precott Folwell (editor), Public Works, Volume 53, Number 1, page 13:

     Ind., Goshen—Elkhart Co. Coun. approved road building program requiring $347,200 bond issue for hard surf. roads.

   • 2003, John Le Carré, Absolute Friends,^[1][2] Little, Brown and Company (2004), ?ISBN, page 176:

     “And we work full-time with the Brit. Coun.?”

Anagrams

• Ucon, unco

English

Alternative forms

• con

Etymology

Variant of cond, from Middle English conduen, condien, from Anglo-Norman conduire, from Latin cond?cere, present active infinitive of cond?c? (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con- (“with, together”) +? d?c? (“lead”). Doublet of conduce.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n/
• Homophone: con
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

conn (plural conns)

1. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."

   The officer of the deck has the conn of the vessel; the captain took the conn when she reached the bridge.

Derived terms

• have the conn (have the con)
• take the conn (take the con)

Verb

conn (third-person singular simple present conns, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)

1. (transitive) To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).

   The pilot conned the ship safely into the harbor.

   • 1724, Daniel Defoe, Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress, chapter 8

     “Ay,” says I, “you’ll allow me to steer, that is, hold the helm, but you’ll conn the ship, as they call it; that is, as at sea, a boy serves to stand at the helm, but he that gives him the orders is pilot.”

Derived terms

• conning line
• conning officer
• conning tower

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