Dayer vs Dauer - What's the difference?
dayer | dauer |
(in combination) Something lasting a specified number of days.
* 1992 , Louisville Automobile Club, American Automobile Association, Home & away in Kentucky (volumes 13-14, page 40)
* 1996 , Rayford Clayton Reddell, Full bloom: thoughts from an opinionated gardener (page 66)
(nematology) A developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit increased durability
* {{quote-journal, 2008, December 3, Patrick Narbonne & Richard Roy, title=Caenorhabditis elegans dauers need LKB1/AMPK to ration lipid reserves and ensure long-term survival, journal=Nature
, passage=When Caenorhabditis elegans larvae enter dauer they arrest feeding but remain active and motile, yet become stress-resistant, extremely long-lived and non-ageing. }}
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As nouns the difference between dayer and dauer
is that dayer is something lasting a specified number of days while dauer is a developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit increased durability.dayer
English
Noun
(en noun)- I envy the Marilyn Fishers of the world who have the time — and the money — to embark on 45 cruises, the least of which a seven-dayer .
- Blossoms that flower atop willowy weedy stems such as forget-me-nots, delphiniums, and gauras should be thought of as two-dayers ; they don't draw water well or retain preservatives.
