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Anvil vs Anil - What's the difference?

anvil | anil |

As nouns the difference between anvil and anil

is that anvil is a heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped while anil is indigo (colour).

anvil

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
  • * 1794, , lines 15-16 (for syntax)
    • What the anvil ? what dread grasp / Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
  • (skeleton) An incus bone in the inner ear.

    • See also

    * hammer * ossicle * stirrup

    External links

    * (wikipedia "anvil")

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    anil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
  • (organic chemistry) Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.

    • Related terms

    * anilina

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