Capitulum vs Caput - What's the difference?
capitulum | caput |
(botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
(arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
(anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
(entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.
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(anatomy) The head.
(anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
The top or superior part of a thing.
(UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
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In anatomy terms the difference between capitulum and caput
is that capitulum is a small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint while caput is a knob-like protuberance or capitulum.As nouns the difference between capitulum and caput
is that capitulum is a densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base while caput is the head.capitulum
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(wikipedia capitulum)Noun
(capitula)caput
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Your caputs and heads of colleges.