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Comes vs Fomes - What's the difference?

comes | fomes |

As nouns the difference between comes and fomes

is that comes is the answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue while fomes is any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs.

As a verb comes

is third-person singular of come.

comes

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (come)
  • * intransitive verb '>citation
  • * transitive verb (obsolete) '>citation

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena), a companion.

    Noun

  • (music) The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
    • (Webster 1913)

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    fomes

    English

    Noun

    (fomites)
  • (medicine, obsolete) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs.
    • Woollen clothes are said to be active fomites .
    (Webster 1913) ----