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Genus vs Gents - What's the difference?

genus | gents |

As nouns the difference between genus and gents

is that genus is a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank while gents is toilets intended for use by men.

genus

English

Noun

(genera)
  • (biology, taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
    • All magnolias belong to the genus ''Magnolia .
    Other species of the genus ''Bos'' are often called cattle or wild cattle.
    There are only two genera and species of seadragons .
  • *
    • Müller criticized the division of the "Jubuleae" into two families and he cited Jubula as an annectant genus .
  • A group with common attributes.
  • *1945 , (Bertrand Russell), A History of Western Philosophy , p. 655:
  • *:Recollection is one of a whole genus of effects which are more or less peculiar to the phenomena that we naturally call "mental."
  • (topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
  • (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * summum genus

    Related terms

    * general * generic * generate * generation * gender * genocide * genre * infrageneric

    See also

    * generic name * class * division * kingdom * order * phylum * species * (semantics) differentia

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    gents

    English

    Etymology 1

    From a shortening of gents' , plural possesive of , + room

    Noun

    (gents)
  • (colloquial) toilets intended for use by men.
    • Where is the gents ?
    There are public gents all over town.
    Coordinate terms
    * (toilets for men) ladies

    Etymology 2

    See gent

    Noun

    (head)
    • ----