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Foreskin vs Sustenance - What's the difference?

foreskin | sustenance |

As nouns the difference between foreskin and sustenance

is that 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 while sustenance is something that provides support or nourishment.

foreskin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • 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 .

    Synonyms

    * prepuce * See also

    See also

    * circumcise, circumcision

    External links

    * ("foreskin" on Wikipedia)

    References

    sustenance

    English

    Noun

  • Something that provides support or nourishment.
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    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.}}

    Synonyms

    Related terms

    * subsistence * sustain