The difference between Bairn and Barn
When used as nouns, bairn means a child or baby, whereas barn means a building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
Barn is also verb with the meaning: to lay up in a barn.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bairn and Barn
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Bairn as a noun (Scotland, and parts of, _, Northern England):
A child or baby.
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Barn as a noun (agriculture):
A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
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Barn as a noun (nuclear physics):
A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.
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Barn as a noun (informal, basketball, ice hockey):
An arena.
Examples:
"Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn."
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Barn as a verb (transitive):
To lay up in a barn.
Examples:
"rfquotek Fuller"
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Barn as a noun (dialect, parts of, _, Northern England):
A child.