different between ident vs eident

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?d?nt/

Etymology 1

From a later form of ithand, itself an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of Middle English ithen, from Old Norse iðinn (“assiduous, diligent”), from iðja, iðna (“to do, perform”), from ið (“a restless motion”), equivalent to ithe +? -and and/or ithe +? -en. Cognate with Icelandic iðinn (“diligent”), Norwegian idig (“busy”), Danish id (“pursuit, calling, business”). More at ithand.

Alternative forms

• eident (Scotland)

Adjective

ident (comparative more ident, superlative most ident)

1. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Diligent; persistent.

Derived terms

• idently

Etymology 2

Shortened form of identification.

Noun

ident (plural idents)

1. Identification.
2. (radio, television) A brief audio or audiovisual sequence serving to identify the broadcaster.
3. (Internet) A protocol serving to identify the user of a particular TCP connection, used especially on IRC networks.
4. Identifier. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Anagrams

• denti-, detin, indet., teind, tiend, tined

English

Etymology

From Scots eident, Scottish form of ithand.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???d?nt/

Adjective

eident (comparative more eident, superlative most eident)

1. (Scotland, Ireland) Busy, industrious, diligent.
   • 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 553:

     far off through the hedges some eident body was at work with a lawn-mower, clinkle-clankle, a bairn was wailing in a bairn's unease as Chris dug and raked […]

Anagrams

• endite, tendie