Amish vs. English — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Amish and English
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Amish
The Amish (; Pennsylvania German: Amisch; German: Amische) are a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian Anabaptist origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churches.
English
Relating to England or its people or language.
Amish
An orthodox Anabaptist sect that separated from the Mennonites in the late 17th century and exists today primarily in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana.
English
The language of England, widely used in many varieties throughout the world.
Amish
Of or relating to this sect or its members.
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English
The people of England.
Amish
The Amish Mennonites.
English
Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards
Put more English on the ball
Amish
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as "worldly conformity". There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States. A branch having particularly strict adherence to the Amish principles are called Old Order Amish
English
Of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its people or culture.
Amish
An American follower of the Mennonite religion
English
Of or relating to the English language.
English
(used with a pl. verb) The people of England.
English
The West Germanic language of England, the United States, and other countries that are or have been under English influence or control.
English
The English language of a particular time, region, person, or group of persons
American English.
English
A translation into or an equivalent in the English language.
English
A course or individual class in the study of English language, literature, or composition.
English
The spin given to a propelled ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.
English
Bodily movement in an effort to influence the movement of a propelled object; body English.
English
To translate into English.
English
To adapt into English; Anglicize.
English
Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.
You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.
English
An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
English
Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.
English
Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.
English
The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries.
English
A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type.
English
A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.
English
To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.
Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation.
Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing.
English
To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion.
English
An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries
English
The people of England
English
The discipline that studies the English language and literature
English
(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
English
Of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture;
English history
The English landed aristocracy
English literature
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