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Nutation vs Epinasty - What's the difference?

nutation | epinasty |

In botany|lang=en terms the difference between nutation and epinasty

is that nutation is (botany) the circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot while epinasty is (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.

As nouns the difference between nutation and epinasty

is that nutation is (physics) a bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body while epinasty is (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.

nutation

English

(wikipedia nutation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) a bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body
  • a nodding motion (of the head etc.)
  • (astronomy) any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon
  • (botany) the circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot

    • Related terms

    * circumnutation * counternutation * nutate

    epinasty

    English

    Noun

    (epinasties)
  • (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates