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“Coin” or “Quoin”

coin / quoin are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

coin k·OY·n

  • nouna flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money.
  • verbmake up.

quoin

  • nounexpandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
  • nounthe keystone of an arch.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“coin”

  • This was similar to the coin flipping earlier: rather than having…
  • The coin was titled A National Passion…
  • …he invented and manufactured the coin counter, which was used on…
  • …planning a $10 million Initial coin offering (ICO).
  • …out of the competition by coin toss.
  • …1991 and was on a coin with a denomination of $200.
  • …while under hypnosis (she would coin the phrase "talking cure" for…
  • …the viewer, Brown tossed a coin showing ten heads in a…
  • The first known ice hockey coin was for the 1988 Winter
  • …holds the patent for a "coin controlled parking meter", filed on…

“quoin”

  • A quoin brick may be a stretcher,…
  • …up will begin with a quoin header.
  • …headers, but for the lap-generating quoin three-quarter bat which offsets each…
  • …rubble, with the ashlar and quoin features carved from red sandstone,…
  • …of a header following a quoin stretcher at the corner of…
  • …two queen closers—one by the quoin header at either end—to generate…
  • …stretchers at the face from quoin to quoin.
  • …a course begins with a quoin stretcher, the course will ordinarily…
  • …Memorial, Dirk Uys Kraal, near Quoin Point, Overberg; memorial marking the…

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