Algae vs Lichen - What's the difference?
algae | lichen |
(alga)
(biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds.
Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.
* 1894 — (Rudyard Kipling), , Lukannon
* 1895 — , , ch XI
* 1915 — (John Muir), , ch V
(figurative) Something which spreads across something else, causing damage.
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As nouns the difference between algae and lichen
is that algae is irregular plural of alga while lichen is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.algae
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* ----alga
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(wikipedia alga)Noun
(algae)Usage notes
* (term) is a non-standard plural.Hyponyms
* seaweedAnagrams
* * English nouns with irregular plurals ----lichen
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(en noun)- The Beaches of Lukannon–the winter wheat so tall–
The dripping, crinkled lichens , and the sea-fog drenching all!
- It was the same rich green that one sees on forest moss or on the lichen in caves: plants which like these grow in a perpetual twilight.
- The nibble marks of the stone adze were still visible, though crusted over with scale lichens in most places.
- Meanwhile, abiding a day of judgment, she fought ceaselessly to deny the bitter drops in her cup, to tear back the slow, the intangibly slow growth of a hot, corrosive lichen eating into her heart.
