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Compartment vs Parasegment - What's the difference?

compartment | parasegment |

As nouns the difference between compartment and parasegment

is that compartment is a room, or section, or chamber while parasegment is any of a series of compartments, in developing insects, that overlap the visible segments.

compartment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A room, or section, or chamber
  • :* "Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class carriage."
  • One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.
  • (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
  • (heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.

    • parasegment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of a series of compartments, in developing insects, that overlap the visible segments