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Ciliate vs Alga - What's the difference?

ciliate | alga |

In biology terms the difference between ciliate and alga

is that ciliate is ciliated while alga is any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds.

As an adjective ciliate

is ciliated.

ciliate

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (biology) Ciliated.
  • Of or pertaining to the eyelash.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia ciliate) (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.

    • alga

    English

    (wikipedia alga)

    Noun

    (algae)
  • (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds.

    • Usage notes

    * (term) is a non-standard plural.

    Hyponyms

    * seaweed

    Anagrams

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----