Crescent vs Lunule - What's the difference?
crescent | lunule |
The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
# A curved pastry.
# A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
(Islam) A representation of the symbol used by Islamic caliphates
(NZ) A crescent spanner.
(historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
(heraldiccharge) The emblem of the waxing Moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
A crescentspot butterfly.
(dated, rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.
* Tennyson
Shaped like a crescent.
* Milton
To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
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To adorn with crescents.
(Webster 1913)
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Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped.
(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between crescent and lunule
is that crescent is the figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points while lunule is anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.As an adjective crescent
is (dated|rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the moon.As a verb crescent
is to form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.crescent
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* crescent roll * Fertile CrescentAdjective
(-)- O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.
- Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.