What is the difference between deciduous and plane?
deciduous | plane |
(biology) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
(botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
transitory, ephemeral, not lasting
Of a surface: flat or level.
A level or flat surface.
(geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
A level of existence or development. (eg'', ''astral plane )
A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
(computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
(anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
To smooth (wood) with a plane.
An airplane; an aeroplane.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-09-06, author=Tom Cheshire
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, title= (nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
To glide or soar.
(senseid)(countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus .
(Northern UK) A sycamore.
As adjectives the difference between deciduous and plane
is that deciduous is (biology) describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development while plane is of a surface: flat or level.As a noun plane is
a level or flat surface or plane can be (countable) a tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface or plane can be an airplane; an aeroplane or plane can be (countable|botany) a deciduous tree of the genus platanus .As a verb plane is
to smooth (wood) with a plane or plane can be (nautical) to move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.deciduous
English
Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* (describing a part that falls off) persistent, permanent * (of or pertaining to trees) evergreenDerived terms
* deciduosity * deciduously * deciduousness * deciduous toothExternal links
* (wikipedia "deciduous")plane
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . The word was introduced in the seventeenth century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain.Adjective
(er)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* (mathematics) real plane, complex plane * (anatomy) coronal plane, frontal plane, sagittal plane, transverse planeDerived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl), fromSee also
* rhykenologistVerb
(plan)Etymology 3
Abbreviated from aeroplane .Noun
(en noun)Solar-powered travel, passage=The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground. With air beneath them, the rangy wings seem to gain strength; the fuselage that on the ground seemed flimsy becomes elegant, like a crane vaunting in flight. It seems not to fly, though, so much as float.}}