different between syphon vs siphon

English

Noun

syphon (plural syphons)

1. Alternative spelling of siphon

Verb

syphon (third-person singular simple present syphons, present participle syphoning, simple past and past participle syphoned)

1. Alternative spelling of siphon

Anagrams

• Hypnos

English

Alternative forms

• syphon

Etymology

From Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sipho, from Ancient Greek ????? (síph?n, “pipe, tube”), of uncertain origin; possibly related to Latin tibia (“pipe, flute of bone”), reflecting a hypothetical late Proto-Indo-European *twi-, *twib?- (“hollow”) root, but the irregular forms suggest a non-Indo-European loan (i.e. substrate) source.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?f?n
• IPA^(key): /?sa?f?n/

Noun

siphon (plural siphons)

1. A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
2. A soda siphon.
3. (biology) A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.

Derived terms

• siphonic

Translations

Verb

siphon (third-person singular simple present siphons, present participle siphoning, simple past and past participle siphoned)

1. (transitive) To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.

   He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To steal or skim off money in small amounts; to embezzle.

Translations

See also

• seep
• sip

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Pinhos, Pishon

French

Etymology

From Latin s?ph? from Ancient Greek ????? (síph?n, “pipe, tube”), of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

siphon m (plural siphons)

1. siphon

Derived terms

• siphonner

Further reading

• “siphon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).