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“Con” or “Conn” or “Khan”

con / conn / khan 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.

con k·AA·n

  • nounan argument opposed to a proposal.
  • adverbin opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc..

conn k·AA·n

  • verbconduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane.

khan k·AA·n

  • nouna title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries.
Usage

Examples in context

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

“con”

  • …Gielen and various musicians, nevertheless continued to record a new Vaya…
  • …international tour under the Vaya Con Dios formula.
  • Vaya Con Dios officially disbanded with their…
  • Vaya Con Dios' website
  • …farewell tour, the last Vaya Con Dios tour ever.
  • Vaya Con Dios returned in 2004 with…
  • …to record a fourth Vaya Con Dios album: Roots and Wings,…
  • Mid Canterbury 37 (Brenton Connell 2, Jon Dampney 2, Richard…
  • (featuring Savage and Con Psy) – 3:45
  • Vaya Con Dios and Purple Prose at…

“conn”

  • Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002.
  • …considered a front-runner for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP…
  • …waits eagerly for letters from Conn, but he does not write…
  • Grant Williams as Conn White
  • New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press.
  • …has a shipboard romance with Conn White (Grant Williams), a wealthy…
  • …that she is pregnant by Conn. Roger and Leah decide the…
  • Susan and Conn make love in secret and…
  • Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2002.
  • …Long Hill St., East Hartford, Conn. That year, Alfred C. Fuller…

“khan”

  • …from Iran of the former khan of Karabakh, Mehdi Quli, who…
  • Sardar Kamal Khan
  • Sardar Kamal Khan Chang (; born 12 March…
  • Hamza was inspired by Mirza Khan Insari and Khushal Khan Khattak.
  • …the fifth son of Bazmeer Khan.
  • Ramin Khan captures Jeffrey and mortally wounds…
  • Abdul Haseeb Khan
  • Qeshlaq-e Khan Hoseyn Vadelan Hajj Mohammad Taqi
  • Qeshlaq-e Khan Hoseyn Vadelan Teymur
  • Mir Tariq Ali Khan Talpur

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