Colin vs. Colon

Colin vs. Colon — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Colin and Colon

Colinnoun

The American quail or bobwhite, or related species.

Colonnoun

The punctuation mark ":".

Colonnoun

(rare) The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).

Colonnoun

(rhetoric) A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.

Colonnoun

(palaeography) A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.

Colonnoun

(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus

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Colonnoun

(obsolete) A husbandman.

Colonnoun

A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.

Colonnoun

the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted

Colonnoun

the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos

Colonnoun

the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos

Colonnoun

a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal

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Colonnoun

a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)