What's the difference between kine and kith?

Kine


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Cow
  • (n. pl.) Cows.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The horrendous due process violations in the Paghman trial have only worsened the injustices of this terrible crime,” said Phelim Kine of Human Rights Watch.
  • (2) Now you've taught a new generation about killing | Laksmi Pamuntjak Read more “The Jokowi government’s approach to human rights has been more rhetoric than reality, while serious rights abuses go unpunished,” said Phelim Kine, deputy director in HRW’s Asia division.
  • (3) Phelim Kine, a researcher for the New-York-based group Human Rights Watch, said the raid on Hu's house was linked to government anxiety over potential unrest before a coming leadership transition.
  • (4) Using this anti-KLP antibody preparation it was possible to show that at least one kine of keratin-like protein characteristic of the adult epidermis first appears within the larval epidermis during metamorphosis.
  • (5) "Human, electronic and internet surveillance will only tighten this year as the Chinese government seeks to identify, target and neutralise any potential public challenges to its grip on power," Kine said in an email.
  • (6) "They don't haul in everyone," said Phelim Kine, Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch.
  • (7) Phelim Kine, Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch, said: "In terms of high-profile dissidents and activists, we haven't seen a case as serious as Gao's.
  • (8) "[The authorities] are becoming increasingly sophisticated in how they handle dissent," said Phelim Kine, Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch.
  • (9) Kine said Chinese rights activists were likely to face heightened police surveillance, harassment and detention in the runup to the Communist party congress that will inaugurate new leaders in the second half of the year.
  • (10) Phelim Kine, of Human Rights Watch, said: "The lesson of the last 48 hours is that expectations really need to be backed with concrete plans for delivery.
  • (11) "It is extremely ambiguous, but its timing suggests a possibly positive, symbolic shift in the Chinese government's stance on Chen Guangcheng and his future status," said Phelim Kine, of Human Rights Watch.
  • (12) "If these reports are accurate and Gao Zhisheng is alive and well, we are extremely relieved," added Kine, of Human Rights Watch.
  • (13) Phelim Kine, the Asia researcher for Human Rights Watch, said the organisation was concerned that cases in Urumqi would echo those that followed unrest in Lhasa and other parts of the Tibetan plateau in 2008, with "flagrant abuses of international standards of due process" in what were little more than "summary trials".
  • (14) The harder, longer term part is ensuring his right under international law to return to China when he sees fit," said Phelim Kine, senior Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch.

Kith


Definition:

  • (n.) Acquaintance; kindred.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The bizarre sense of occasion that led him to choose the precise anniversary moment of the 1918 armistice to seize power on behalf of the white 5% of the Rhodesian population was nevertheless a useful reminder to his British "kith and kin" of his wartime service as an RAF fighter pilot - when "Smithy" was shot down, lost an eye and had plastic surgery for facial burns.
  • (2) But ex-Flight-Lieutenant Smith's appeal to his kith and kin was cunningly calculated and gave London the creeps.
  • (3) However, the danger is that immigration policy for businesspeople and the most highly skilled becomes based on the old “kith and kin” white Commonwealth of Australia, Canada and New Zealand by default, if not by design.
  • (4) I’d much rather deal with my own kith and kin.” The remain campaign accused Leave.EU of “double standards beyond parody”.
  • (5) The paper reviews evidence documenting the health-protective effects of the informal social support extended by kith, kin, and community gatekeepers.
  • (6) Turkey has repeatedly expressed concern over the attacks on the Turkmens, a Sunni Muslim minority whom many Turks regard as their kith and kin.

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