Bamboo vs Baboon - What's the difference?
bamboo | baboon |
A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe.
The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
a didgeridoo
(slang) A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.
Made of the wood of the bamboo.
An Old World monkey of the genus Papio , having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks.
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As nouns the difference between bamboo and baboon
is that bamboo is a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe: Bambuseae tribe while baboon is an Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks.As an adjective bamboo
is made of the wood of the bamboo.As a verb bamboo
is to flog with a bamboo cane.bamboo
English
(wikipedia bamboo)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* bamboo ceiling * bamboo clam * Bamboo Curtain, bamboo curtain * bamboo manAdjective
(-)baboon
English
(wikipedia baboon)Alternative forms
* babian, babion * ** babewyne ** baboyne * ** babewen ** babewin ** babewyn ** babwen ** babwyn ** baubyn * ** baboon ** baboone ** babound ** baboune ** baboyn ** babwyne * ** baboon ** baboone ** baboune * ** baboonNoun
(en noun)page 79(Nelson Doubleday)
- Mix swallowed the comment he wanted to make, that the council hall stank like a congress of baboons . But he was in no position to insult his host, nor should he. The man was only expressing the attitude of his time.
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