Crest vs Spine - What's the difference?
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A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
(heraldry): A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
The upper curve of a horse's neck.
The ridge or top of a wave.
The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
The top line of a slope or embankment.
A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family.
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Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
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To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
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The series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a person, or from the head to the tail of an animal; backbone, vertebral column.
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A rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant.
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(figurative) Courage or assertiveness.
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As nouns the difference between crest and spine
is that crest is a tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc while spine is the series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a person, or from the head to the tail of an animal; backbone, vertebral column.As a verb crest
is particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.crest
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(wikipedia crest)Noun
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Synonyms
* (skin on head of birds) comb, cockscombCoordinate terms
* (skin on head of birds) caruncle, snood, wattleVerb
(en verb)- His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm / Crested the world.
- groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow
- Like as the shining sky in summer's night, / Is crested with lines of fiery light.
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(en noun)- If you attentively regard almost any quadruped's spine , you will be struck with the resemblance of its vertebrae to a strung necklace of dwarfed skulls.
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- The male, as Dr. Gunther informs me, has a cluster of stiff, straight spines , like those of a comb, on the sides of the tail.