En vs Pica - What's the difference?
en | pica |
English
(typography) A unit of measurement equal to half of an em (half of the height of the type in use).
(medicine) A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand.
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(typography, uncountable) A size of type.
(typography, countable) A unit of measure equivalent to 12 points.
# The traditional British and American pica, about 4.22 mm, or 0.166 in (close to 1/6 of an inch).
# (computing) The (PostScript) pica, 1/6 of an inch.
(obsolete) A Roman Catholic service book; a type of ecclesiastical calendar book.
(small rodent)
* 1895 , Richard Lydekker, The Royal Natural History (volume 3, page 190)
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En is a see also of pica.
As nouns the difference between en and pica
is that en is english or en can be while pica is a vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc; chthonophagia or pica can be (typography|uncountable) a size of type or pica can be (pika) (small rodent).As a preposition en
is .en
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation.Noun
(head)Etymology 2
The name of the letter comes from (etyl) en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.Noun
(en noun)- The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.
Derived terms
* (typography) en dash * (typography) en quad * (typography) en spaceSee also
*Etymology 3
From (etyl)Derived terms
* en ami * en banc * en bloc * en brochette * en clair * en effet * en famille * en femme * * en garde * en masse * en pantoufles * en passant * * en retard * en retraite * en revanche * en route * en secondes noces * en suiteAnagrams
* English two-letter words ----pica
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (from the idea that magpies will eat almost anything).Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* chthonophagia * allotriophagy * geophagyEtymology 2
The printing senses are probably from named the obsolete service book, which used this type size (compare canon and brevier)Type Foundry blog: Type bodies compared. In turn seemingly from (etyl) ).
Noun
Derived terms
* pica pointSee also
* cicero * em * en * pointEtymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- Most travellers in the Himalaya are familiar with the pretty little Rodents, known as picas , tailless hares, or mouse-hares, which may be seen in the higher regions