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Bulb vs Garlics - What's the difference?

bulb | garlics |

As nouns the difference between bulb and garlics

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 garlics is (rare).

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

    *

    garlics

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (rare)
  • * Chester Aaron, The Great Garlic Book: A Guide with Recipes - 1997
    • "For all these reasons, they are not a commercially viable crop, which means that just about the only garlics you have ever found available in your..."

    Usage notes

    * The word garlic is usually uncountable. The plural garlics is used only when referring to multiple cultivars or possibly multiple instances of bulbs of garlic.