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Bladder vs Capsule - What's the difference?

bladder | capsule |

In botany terms the difference between bladder and capsule

is that bladder is a hollow, inflatable organ of a plant while capsule is a sporangium, especially in bryophytes.

As nouns the difference between bladder and capsule

is that bladder is a flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases while capsule is a membranous envelope.

As a verb bladder

is to swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.

bladder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
  • (anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder.
  • (botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
  • The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
  • A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
  • (figurative) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
  • * Rochester
  • to swim with bladders of philosophy

    Synonyms

    * vesica

    Derived terms

    * air bladder * bladdered * bladderpod * bladderwrack * gall bladder * gas bladder * shy bladder * swim bladder * urinary bladder

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
  • To store or put up in bladders.
  • bladdered lard
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    capsule

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physiology) A membranous envelope.
  • (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
  • (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
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  • The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis'', with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in ''Frullania spp.
  • A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
  • (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
  • (dialectal, UK, Suffolk) A weasel.
  • (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
  • * 1962 , :
  • If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.
  • (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
  • (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
  • A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
  • A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
  • Derived terms

    * capsular * capsule review * Glissonian capsule

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