Hooklet vs Hookset - What's the difference?
hooklet | hookset |
??Hooklet''' ().?[f. as prec. + -let.]?A small or minute hook; esp. in ''Nat. Hist''.?[¶?'''1836–9''' Todd ''Cycl. Anat.'' II. 127/1 Hard transparent horny hooklets around the oral proboscis.?'''1872''' Nicholson ''Palæont.'' 314 The spines, or hooklets, or denticles of Naked Molluscs and Annelides.?'''1897 Allbutt ''Syst. Med. II. 1007 The suckers and hooklets serve to attach the parasite to the mucous membrane of the alimentary canal of the host. * “ A sharp motion made with a fishing rod in order to "set" the hook firmly into the mouth of the fish that has taken the bait.
As nouns the difference between hooklet and hookset
is that hooklet is a small or minute (l) while hookset is a sharp motion made with a fishing rod in order to "set" the hook firmly into the mouth of the fish that has taken the bait.hooklet
English
References
* “Hooklet]” listed on page 375 of volume V (H–K), § i (H) of '' [1st ed., 1901]
??Hooklet''' ().?[f. as prec. + -let.]?A small or minute hook; esp. in ''Nat. Hist''.?[¶?'''1836–9''' Todd ''Cycl. Anat.'' II. 127/1 Hard transparent horny hooklets around the oral proboscis.?'''1872''' Nicholson ''Palæont.'' 314 The spines, or hooklets, or denticles of Naked Molluscs and Annelides.?'''1897 Allbutt ''Syst. Med. II. 1007 The suckers and hooklets serve to attach the parasite to the mucous membrane of the alimentary canal of the host. * “
hooklet]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989