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Bimorphism vs Dimorphism - What's the difference?

bimorphism | dimorphism |

As nouns the difference between bimorphism and dimorphism

is that bimorphism is a morphism which is both a monomorphism and an epimorphism while dimorphism is the occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.

bimorphism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (category theory) A morphism which is both a monomorphism and an epimorphism.

    • Hyponyms

    * isomorphism

    dimorphism

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.
  • (biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.
  • (geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.

    • Related terms

    * dimorphic * dimorphous

    Derived terms

    * sexual dimorphism

    See also

    * polymorphism