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Codon vs Cordon - What's the difference?

codon | cordon |

As nouns the difference between codon and cordon

is that codon is a sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis, or translation. Three special codons, called "stop codons," signal protein synthesis to terminate while cordon is a ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.

As a verb cordon is

to form a cordon around an area in order to prevent movement in or out.

codon

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia codon)
  • (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis, or translation. Three special codons, called "stop codons," signal protein synthesis to terminate.

    • Hyponyms

    * anticodon * stop codon * start codon

    Meronyms

    * nucleotide

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    cordon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
  • A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
  • (cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully.
  • (botany) A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a cordon around an area in order to prevent movement in or out.

    • Anagrams

    * ----