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Ibis vs Itis - What's the difference?

ibis | itis |

As nouns the difference between ibis and itis

is that ibis is (wading bird) while itis is (informal) a medical condition accompanied by inflammation.

ibis

English

(wikipedia ibis)

Noun

  • Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.
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    • It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.

    Derived terms

    * Australian white ibis * sacred ibis * (straw-necked ibis)

    itis

    English

    (wikipedia itis)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (informal) A medical condition accompanied by inflammation.
  • * 1973 , April 16, “ Scorecard”, Robert W. Creamer ed., in Sports Illustrated
    • “. . . Arthritis, tendinitis and all those other itises will eventually catch up with you.”
  • (informal, Caribbean) The feeling of sleepiness after eating a heavy meal, usually the itis.

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