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Acorn vs Glans - What's the difference?

acorn | glans |

As nouns the difference between acorn and glans

is that acorn is the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule while glans is the vascular body which forms the apex of the penis.

acorn

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
  • (nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
  • (zoology) See acorn-shell .
  • (slang, usually in plural) A testicle.

    • Derived terms

    * acorn cup * acorn nut * acorn squash * eggcorn * ride a horse foaled by an acorn

    Holonyms

    * (fruit of an oak) oak

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    glans

    English

    (wikipedia glans)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis.
  • The vascular body which forms the extremity of the clitoris.
  • The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
  • A goiter.
  • A pessary.
  • (rare) English plurals

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