different between since vs sinch

English

Alternative forms

• sence (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English syns, sinnes, contraction of earlier sithens, sithence, from sithen (“after, since”) ( + -s, adverbial genitive suffix), from Old English s?þþan, from the phrase s?þ þ?m (“after/since that (time)”), from s?þ (“since, after”) + þ?m dative singular of þæt. Cognate with Dutch sinds (“since”), German seit (“since”), Danish siden (“since”), Scots syne (“since”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns
• Homophones: sense, cents, scents (some dialects)

Adverb

since (not comparable)

1. From a specified time in the past.

Translations

Preposition

since

1. From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.
   1. Continuously during that period of time.
   2. At certain points during that period of time.

Antonyms

• until

Translations

Conjunction

since

1. From the time that.
2. Because.
3. (obsolete) When or that.

Synonyms

• (from the time that): sithen (obsolete); see also Thesaurus:since
• (because): sith (obsolete); see also Thesaurus:because

Translations

Anagrams

• *nices, censi, escin, icens, nices, scien, snice

English

Noun

sinch (plural sinches)

1. Alternative form of cinch (simple saddle girth used in Mexico)

Verb

sinch (third-person singular simple present sinches, present participle sinching, simple past and past participle sinched)

1. (transitive, US, Western US) To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle).

   to sinch up a saddle

Anagrams

• Insch, chins

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *c?nque, from Latin qu?nque, from Proto-Italic *k?enk?e. Cognates include Italian cinque and French cinq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?k/

Numeral

sinch

1. five