different between dwine vs swine

English

Etymology

From Middle English dwynen, from Old English dw?nan, from Proto-Germanic *dw?nan?. Compare Low German dwienen, verdwienen, Dutch dwijnen, verdwijnen, West Frisian ferdwine, Icelandic dvína. See also dwindle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwa?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Verb

dwine (third-person singular simple present dwines, present participle dwining, simple past and past participle dwined)

1. (archaic outside Scotland and dialects) To wither, decline, pine away.

Related terms

• dwindle

Anagrams

• Edwin, Wendi, indew, widen, winde, wined

Scots

Alternative forms

• dwyne

Etymology

From Old English dw?nan, from Proto-Germanic *dw?nan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dw?in/

Verb

dwine (third-person singular present dwines, present participle dwinin, past dwinet, past participle dwinet)

1. to waste away, wither, decline

Noun

dwine (plural dwines)

1. a decline, a waning

English

Etymology

From Middle English swine, swin, from Old English sw?n, from Proto-Germanic *sw?n?, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig”), equivalent to sow +? -en. Related to West Frisian swyn, Low German Swien, Dutch zwijn, German Schwein, Danish and Swedish svin, and more distantly to Polish ?winia, Russian ??????? (svin?já), Latin s?inus, Latin s?s, Ancient Greek ?? (hûs), Persian ???? (xuk). See also sow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

swine (plural swine or swines)

1. (plural swine) A pig (the animal).
2. (derogatory) A contemptible person (plural swines).
3. (slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "pig".
4. (slang, derogatory) Something difficult or awkward; a pain.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Appendix:English collective nouns

Noun

swine

1. (archaic) plural of sow

Anagrams

• Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, sinew, swein, we'ins, wenis, wines, wisen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• swin, swein, swynne, zuin, swyn, swyne, sweyne, swiyn, suin, sqwyne

Etymology

From Old English sw?n, from Proto-Germanic *sw?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swi?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

swine (plural swines)

1. A pig, hog or swine.
2. The meat of swine or pigs; pork.
3. (colloquial) A disgraceful individual.

Synonyms

• pigge
• hog

Descendants

• Scots: swine
• English: swine

References

• “sw?n(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.