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Fimbricate vs Imbricate - What's the difference?

fimbricate | imbricate |

As adjectives the difference between fimbricate and imbricate

is that fimbricate is fringed; jagged; fimbriate while imbricate is having regular overlapping edges; intertwined.

As a verb imbricate is

to overlap in a regular pattern.

fimbricate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • fringed; jagged; fimbriate
  • (zoology) Fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, like the antennae of certain insects.
    • (Webster 1913)

    imbricate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having regular overlapping edges; intertwined.

    • Verb

    (imbricat)
  • To overlap in a regular pattern.

    • Related terms

    * imbrication