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Cavity vs Calvity - What's the difference?

cavity | calvity |

As nouns the difference between cavity and calvity

is that cavity is a hole or hollow depression while calvity is (uncountable) baldness.

cavity

English

Noun

(cavities)
  • A hole or hollow depression.
  • A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).
  • (dentistry) A soft area in a decayed tooth.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * (dentistry)

    Derived terms

    * buccal cavity * cavity back * cavity batten * cavity coupling * cavity fill * cavity filter * cavity impedence * cavity magnetron * cavity oscillator * cavity radiator * cavity resonance * cavity tray * cavity tuning * cavity vent * cavity wall * oral cavity

    Related terms

    * cave * concave * excavate * excavation * excavator

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    calvity

    English

    Noun

    (calvities)
  • (uncountable) Baldness.
  • An area of skin that has become bald.
  • * 1972 , Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain ,
    • He wore his own hair – what there was left of it: short tight curls round a shining calvity , though he was in his thirties, no more – and he looked like one of the fatter, more jovial Roman emperors […].

    Usage notes

    * (baldness) The synonymous form (calvities) is more common. Though one appears to be the other's plural, in fact both forms are uncountable.