Calf vs Calx - What's the difference?
calf | calx |
A young cow or bull.
Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
A young elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals).
A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
A small island, near a larger island.
A cabless railroad engine.
(informal, dated) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
* Drayton
(anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.
The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
* 1988 , Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", , 47 (6): 28-34.
(archaic) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston.
(Now recognised as being) the oxide left after calcination of a metal.
calcium oxide
In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.
As nouns the difference between calf and calx
is that calf is a young cow or bull or calf can be (anatomy) the back of the leg below the knee while calx is (archaic) the substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston.calf
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) cealf, from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- (Kane)
- the Calf of Man
- some silly, doting, brainless calf
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* cow * vealEtymology 2
(etyl) kalfi, possibly derived from the same Germanic root as ().Noun
(en-noun)- Sure, his calves are a little weak, but the rest of his physique is so overwhelming, he should place high.