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Caruncle vs Wattle - What's the difference?

caruncle | wattle |

Wattle is a coordinate term of caruncle.



As nouns the difference between caruncle and wattle

is that caruncle is a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy while wattle is a construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.

As a verb wattle is

to construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.

caruncle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy
  • A similar excrescence near the hilum of some seeds

    • Synonyms

    * (excrescence on seed) elaiosome

    Coordinate terms

    * (skin on head of birds) comb, cockscomb, crest, snood, wattle

    See also

    * dewlap, frill

    wattle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
  • * Tennyson
    • And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore.
  • A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
  • A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
  • A barbel of a fish.
  • A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
  • Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
  • Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia , or their bark, used in tanning.

    • Derived terms

    * wattle and daub

    Coordinate terms

    * (skin on head of birds) caruncle, comb, cockscomb, crest, snood

    Verb

    (wattl)
  • To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
    • English terms with homophones