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Integument vs Husk - What's the difference?

integument | husk |

As nouns the difference between integument and husk

is that integument is (biology) an outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell while husk is the dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.

As a verb husk is

to remove husks from or husk can be to say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.

integument

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
  • (botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.

    • Derived terms

    * integumentary

    husk

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at (l), (l). Alternate etymology derives husk from Low German .)

    Noun

    (wikipedia husk) (en noun)
  • The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
    • A coconut has a very thick husk .
  • Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
    • His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
  • The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove husks from.

    • Etymology 2

    Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by (husky).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
  • * The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked , "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched. — (Naomi Novik), "His Majesty's Dragon"

    • See also

    * husky

    References

    The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary , 2nd Ed., Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1978 ----