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Codex vs Codicil - What's the difference?

codex | codicil |

As nouns the difference between codex and codicil

is that codex is while codicil is (legal) an addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.

codex

English

(wikipedia codex)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • an early manuscript book
  • a book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll
  • an official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients

    • Quotations

    * See codexes

    Related terms

    * caudex (botany) * code * codifier * codify * codification * (l)

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    Anagrams

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    codicil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
  • * 2005 , , (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, p. 378)
    • If Nick answered a question Wani listened to him and then gave a flat little codicil or correction.