Lichen vs Liken - What's the difference?
lichen | liken |
Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.
* 1894 — (Rudyard Kipling), , Lukannon
* 1895 — , , ch XI
* 1915 — (John Muir), , ch V
(figurative) Something which spreads across something else, causing damage.
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To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).
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As a noun lichen
is any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of fungi and algae; often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.As a verb liken is
to compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).lichen
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Beaches of Lukannon–the winter wheat so tall–
The dripping, crinkled lichens , and the sea-fog drenching all!
- It was the same rich green that one sees on forest moss or on the lichen in caves: plants which like these grow in a perpetual twilight.
- The nibble marks of the stone adze were still visible, though crusted over with scale lichens in most places.
- Meanwhile, abiding a day of judgment, she fought ceaselessly to deny the bitter drops in her cup, to tear back the slow, the intangibly slow growth of a hot, corrosive lichen eating into her heart.
Synonyms
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* (lichen) * algae * fungus * Iceland moss * moss * reindeer mossReferences
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Verb
(en verb)Chico Harlan
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