What is the difference between excrement and feces?
excrement | feces |
(archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97:
Animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement.
English pluralia tantum
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Feces is a synonym of excrement.
As nouns the difference between excrement and feces
is that excrement is any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs while feces is digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement.excrement
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same.
