Chin vs. Chain
Difference Between Chin and Chain
Chinnoun
The bottom of a face, the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
Chainnoun
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
He wore a gold chain around the neck.Chinnoun
Talk.
Chainnoun
A series of interconnected things.
a chain of mountainsa chain of ideas, one leading to the nextThis led to an unfortunate chain of events.Chinnoun
A lie, a falsehood.
Chainnoun
A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town.Chinnoun
The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
Chainnoun
(chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen.Chinnoun
(endearing) a chinchilla.
Chainnoun
(surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
Chinverb
To talk.
Chainnoun
(surveying) A long measuring tape.
Chinverb
To talk to or with (someone).
Chainnoun
A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
Chinverb
To perform a chin-up exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar.
Chainnoun
A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
Chinverb
To punch or hit (someone)'s chin part of the body.
Chainnoun
(British) A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
Chinverb
(transitive) To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
Chainnoun
That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
the chains of habitChinverb
(transitive) To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
Chainnoun
Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
Chinverb
(transitive) To put one's chin on (something).
Chainnoun
(weaving) The warp threads of a web.
Chinverb
(transitive) To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.
Chainverb
(transitive) To fasten something with a chain.
Chinnoun
the protruding part of the lower jaw
Chainverb
(intransitive) To link multiple items together.
Chinnoun
Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India
Chainverb
(transitive) To secure someone with fetters.
Chinverb
in gymnastics: raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
Chainverb
(transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
Chainverb
(figurative) To obligate.
Chainverb
(computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
Chainverb
(computing) To be chained to another data item.
Chainverb
(transitive) To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
Chainverb
}} To load and automatically run (a program).
Chainnoun
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together;
the chain of commanda complicated concatenation of circumstancesChainnoun
(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
Chainnoun
a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
Chainnoun
a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
Chainnoun
anything that acts as a restraint
Chainnoun
a unit of length
Chainnoun
British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
Chainnoun
a series of hills or mountains;
the valley was between two ranges of hillsthe plains lay just beyond the mountain rangeChainnoun
metal shackles; for hands or legs
Chainnoun
a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
a string of beadsa strand of pearlsChainverb
connect or arrange into a chain by linking
Chainverb
fasten or secure with chains;
Chain the chairs together
