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Bulb vs Ampulla - What's the difference?

bulb | ampulla |

As nouns the difference between bulb and ampulla

is that bulb is any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end while ampulla is a roman two-handled vessel.

As a verb bulb

is to take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

bulb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
    • the bulb of the aorta
  • A light bulb.
  • The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
    • the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs .
  • *
  • (nautical) a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.

    • Related terms

    * bulbiferous * bulbil * bulbous

    Derived terms

    * lampbulb * light bulb * flash bulb * tulip bulb

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

    • Anagrams

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    ampulla

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A Roman two-handled vessel.
  • A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil.
    • (Shipley)
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 8:
  • *:Miraculously moist, the chrism was kept in an ampulla in Reims cathedral where the coronations of the kings of France were held.
  • (anatomy) The dilated end of a duct.

    • Derived terms

    * ampulla of Vater * ampullary ----