Lawless vs Clawless - What's the difference?
lawless | clawless |
Not governed by any law.
Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.
Not restrained by the law or by discipline; unruly, disorderly.
Having no claws.
* 1920 , Journal of Genetics (volume 9, page 165)
As adjectives the difference between lawless and clawless
is that lawless is not governed by any law while clawless is having no claws.lawless
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(en adjective)Derived terms
* lawlessnessclawless
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(en adjective)- Where both parents are clawless the progeny also are usually unclawed, indicating that the genetic factors concerned are either wholly lost to the germ plasm or too weak to express themselves in the soma.