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Filiate vs Ciliate - What's the difference?

filiate | ciliate |

As a verb filiate

is to adopt as son or daughter.

As an adjective ciliate is

ciliated.

As a noun ciliate is

any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.

filiate

English

Verb

(filiat)
  • To adopt as son or daughter.
  • To establish filiation between.
    • (Southey)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    ciliate

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (biology) Ciliated.
  • Of or pertaining to the eyelash.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia ciliate) (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.