sextan

As nouns the difference between astrolabe and sextan

is that astrolabe is an astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the sun and stars while sextan is (obsolete|medicine) such a fever.

As an adjective sextan is

(obsolete|medicine) that recurs on the sixth day.

As nouns the difference between sextan and sextain

is that sextan is such a fever while sextain is a stanza of six lines; a sestine.

As an adjective sextan

is that recurs on the sixth day.

As a proper noun sexton

is .

As an adjective sextan is

(obsolete|medicine) that recurs on the sixth day.

As a noun sextan is

(obsolete|medicine) such a fever.

As nouns the difference between seitan and sextan

is that seitan is specially processed wheat gluten, used as a protein-rich food while sextan is (obsolete|medicine) such a fever.

As an adjective sextan is

(obsolete|medicine) that recurs on the sixth day.

As nouns the difference between sextan and sextant

is that sextan is such a fever while sextant is a navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.

As an adjective sextan

is that recurs on the sixth day.

As a proper noun Sextant is

the constellation Sextans.

As nouns the difference between fever and sextan

is that fever is fever while sextan is (obsolete|medicine) such a fever.

As an adjective sextan is

(obsolete|medicine) that recurs on the sixth day.

As adjectives the difference between day and sextan

is that day is thick, deep, dense while sextan is (obsolete|medicine) that recurs on the sixth day.

As a noun sextan is

(obsolete|medicine) such a fever.

As adjectives the difference between sixth and sextan

is that sixth is the ordinal form of the number six while sextan is (obsolete|medicine) that recurs on the sixth day.

As nouns the difference between sixth and sextan

is that sixth is (not used in the plural) the person or thing in the sixth position while sextan is (obsolete|medicine) such a fever.

As a verb recur

is to have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc.

As an adjective sextan is

(obsolete|medicine) that recurs on the sixth day.

As a noun sextan is

(obsolete|medicine) such a fever.