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Campion vs Catchfly - What's the difference?

campion | catchfly |

As nouns the difference between campion and catchfly

is that campion is champion while catchfly is any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves]] on which [[fly|flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.

campion

English

(wikipedia campion) (Lychnis) (Silene)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any flowering plant of the genus .
  • Any flowering plant of the genus Silene .
  • *1878 , Gerard Manley Hopkins,
  • *:Then over his turnèd temples—here—
  • *:Was a rose, or, failing that,
  • *:Rough-Robin or five-lipped campion clear
  • *:For a beauty-bow to his hat

    • catchfly

    English

    Noun

    (catchflies)
  • Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves]] on which [[fly, flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.

    • Derived terms

    * sticky catchfly