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Actus vs Ictus - What's the difference?

actus | ictus |

As nouns the difference between actus and ictus

is that actus is an ancient roman unit of length, approximately 355 metres while ictus is the pulse.

actus

English

Noun

  • An Ancient Roman unit of length, approximately 35.5 metres.
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    ictus

    English

    Noun

  • the pulse
  • (medicine) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.
  • (prosody) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare (arsis).

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    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----