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Yen vs. En — What's the Difference?

Yen vs. En — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Yen and En

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Yen

The basic monetary unit of Japan.

En

A unit of measurement equal to half an em and approximately the average width of typeset characters, used especially for estimating the total amount of space a text will require.

Yen

A longing or yearning
She always had a yen to be a writer

En

The letter n.

Yen

Feel a longing or yearning
It's no use yenning for the old simplicities
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En

(Printing) A space equal to half the width of an em.

Yen

A strong desire or inclination; a yearning or craving.

En

Abbr of English

Yen

See Table at currency.

En

(typography) A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).

Yen

To have a strong desire or inclination; yearn.

En

Him

Yen

The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.

En

It (when the thing being referred to is masculine)

Yen

A coin or note worth one yen.

En

Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.

Yen

A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
Humankind's yen for knowledge

En

Half the width of an em

Yen

(slang) Opium.

Yen

(transitive) To have a strong desire for.

Yen

The unit of value and account in Japan. The yen is equal to 100 sen. From Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, to about 1913 the value of the yen was about 50 cents. In 1997 and 1998 the value of the yen varied from 80 per U. S. dollar to 120 per dollar.

Yen

A yearning for something or to do something

Yen

The basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen

Yen

Have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
She ached for a cigarette
I am pining for my lover

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