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Feet vs Fetus - What's the difference?

feet | fetus |

As nouns the difference between feet and fetus

is that feet is (foot) while fetus is .

feet

English

Noun

(head)
  • (foot).
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  • *:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=14 citation , passage=Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}
  • (lb) Fact; performance; feat.

    • Derived terms

    * a closed mouth gathers no feet * crow's-feet * cubic feet * drag one's feet * fall on one's feet * fall over one's feet * feet first * feet of clay * feet first * feetless * feetlong * find one's feet * flat feet * get cold feet * get one's feet wet * have one's feet on the ground * hold someone's feet to the fire * itchy feet * land on one's feet * metric feet * on one's feet * out on one's feet * put one's feet up * puppy feet * quick on his feet * six feet under * stand on one's own two feet * stocking-feet * think on one's feet * two left feet * vote with one's feet * washing of feet * See also

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    fetus

    English

    Alternative forms

    * foetus * * (chiefly Canadian and US) fetus * phoetus, * faetus,

    Noun

    (es)
  • (Canada, US) An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
  • (Canada, US) A human embryo after the 8th week of gestation.
    • The sequence is; molecules in reproductive systems, then gametes, zygotes, morulas, blastocysts, and then fetuses .

    Usage notes

    * The form fetus is preferred in North America and in the scientific community, whereas foetus is still commonly used in Commonwealth nations.

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * embryo * ("fetus" on Wikipedia)

    References

    * Health Online

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