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Granule vs Paxillus - What's the difference?

granule | paxillus |

As nouns the difference between granule and paxillus

is that granule is granule while paxillus is (zoology) a kind of pillar-like spine with a flattened summit covered with minute spinules or granules, covering the surface of certain starfishes.

As an adjective granule

is granulated.

As a verb granule

is .

granule

English

(wikipedia granule)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tiny grain, a small particle.
  • (biology) A small structure in a cell.
  • (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  • (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also .

    • Related terms

    * grain * granular * granularity * granulate * granulation

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    paxillus

    English

    Noun

    (paxilli)
  • (zoology) A kind of pillar-like spine with a flattened summit covered with minute spinules or granules, covering the surface of certain starfishes.
    • (Webster 1913) ----