Glyme vs Glome - What's the difference?
glyme | glome |
(anatomy) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.
(geometry) A hypersphere in 4-dimensional Euclidean space defined as the set of all points that are at a given distance from a given point, also called a 3-sphere.
(obsolete) To look gloomy, morose, or sullen.
As nouns the difference between glyme and glome
is that glyme is (organic compound) dimethoxyethane while glome is (anatomy) one of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot or glome can be (obsolete) gloom.As a verb glome is
(obsolete) to look gloomy, morose, or sullen.glome
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) (lena) (glomus) a ball. Compare (globe).Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
Verb
(glom)- (Surrey)