Balsa vs Palsy - What's the difference?
balsa | palsy |
A large tree, , native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
(uncountable) The wood of this tree.
A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
(pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
To paralyse, either completely or partially.
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As nouns the difference between balsa and palsy
is that balsa is a large tree, , native to tropical america, with wood that is very light in weight while palsy is (pathology) complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.As a verb palsy is
to paralyse, either completely or partially.As an adjective palsy is
(colloquial) chummy, friendly.balsa
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(wikipedia balsa) (Balsa tree)Noun
Anagrams
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) paralisie, parleisie et al., from the accusative form of (etyl) paralysis, from (etyl) .Noun
(palsies)Synonyms
* paralysisDerived terms
* Bell's palsy * cerebral palsyVerb
- In the month of August, I issued proposals for publishing "THE LIBERATOR" in Washington city; but the enterprise, though hailed in different sections of the country, was palsied by public indifference.