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Cere vs Waxy - What's the difference?

cere | waxy |

As a noun cere

is face.

As an adjective waxy is

resembling wax in texture or appearance or waxy can be (regional|colloquial) angry.

cere

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (ornithology) A waxy protuberance at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.

    • Verb

    (cer)
  • To wax; to cover or close with wax.
    • (Wiseman)

    Anagrams

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    waxy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
    • Derived terms
    * waxily * waxiness * waxy cap, waxycap * waxy cast * waxy corn * waxy degeneration * waxy disease * waxy finger * waxy flexibility * waxy kidney * waxy liver * waxy maize * waxy monkey leaf frog * waxy potato * waxy spleen

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (regional, colloquial) Angry.
  • * 1913 ,
    • A man said he'd give me five pounds if I'd paint him and his missis and the dog and the cottage. And I went and put the fowls in instead of the dog, and he was waxy , so I had to knock a quid off.