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Ciliate vs Ciliated - What's the difference?

ciliate | ciliated |

As adjectives the difference between ciliate and ciliated

is that ciliate is ciliated while ciliated is having cilia.

As a noun ciliate

is any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.

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.

    • ciliated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having cilia
    • a ciliate leaf
  • endowed with vibratory motion
    • the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe