Foreskin vs Sheathe - What's the difference?
foreskin | sheathe |
The retractable fold of skin encompassing the most nerve-dense tissue in the human male, which naturally covers and protects the head of the penis.
To put something, such as a knife, into a sheath
To encase something with a protective covering
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As a noun foreskin
is the retractable fold of skin encompassing the most nerve-dense tissue in the human male, which naturally covers and protects the head of the penis.As a verb sheathe is
to put something, such as a knife, into a sheath.foreskin
English
Noun
(en noun)- And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. — Genesis 17:14, the Christian Bible.
- In primates, the foreskin is present in the genitalia of both sexes and likely has been present for millions of years of evolution.
- "The foreskin has two main functions. Firstly it exists to protect the glans penis. Secondly the foreskin is a primary sensory part of the penis, containing some of the most sensitive areas of the penis." - The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- The female clitoral hood is homologous with the foreskin .