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Cayman vs Accessory - What's the difference?

cayman | accessory |

As nouns the difference between cayman and accessory

is that cayman is while accessory is something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.

As an adjective accessory is

having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory'' to the riot; ''accessory sounds in music.

cayman

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1862 , The Quiver , Volumes 1-6, page 451,
    • We were about to follow this advice, when another man, more rash than his comrades, said, 'I'm not afraid of caymans ,' and spurred his horse into the stream.
  • * 1996 , Dale Alan Olsen (editor), Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest , page 326,
    • Surely, when this animal comes, it is to eat us. Thus, we have to sing this hoa. This is how I learned this hoa for caymans'. One sings this so he won't be eaten by the ' caymans .
  • * 2002 , Harry S. Pariser, Explore Puerto Rico , page 157,
    • Laguna Tortuguero' has some 2,000 ''caimanes'' (' caymans ), a type of alligator indigenous to Central and S America.

    accessory

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (noun) accessary

    Etymology 1

    First attested in 1550s. From (etyl) accessorie , from (etyl) accessus. Compare English access, from same root.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory'' to the riot; ''accessory sounds in music.
  • (legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.
  • Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
    • Synonyms
    * (having a secondary function) accompanying, contributory, auxiliary, subsidiary, subservient, additional, acceding
    Derived terms
    * accessory breathing

    Etymology 2

    * (legal) First attested in 1414. * (fashion) First attested in 1896.

    Noun

    (accessories)
  • Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
    • the accessories of a mobile phone
  • * (rfdate) :
    • the aspect and accessories of a den of banditti
  • (fashion) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
  • (legal) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
  • (art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
    • Synonyms
    * (one who assists in or instigates an offense) abettor, accomplice, ally, coadjutor, accessary
    Derived terms
    * accessory before the fact * accessory after the fact

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