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Lilac vs Linac - What's the difference?

lilac | linac |

As nouns the difference between lilac and linac

is that lilac is a large shrub of the genus Syringa, bearing white, pale pink, or purple flowers while linac is a linear particle accelerator.

As an adjective lilac

is (colour) having a pale purple colour.

lilac

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large shrub of the genus Syringa , bearing white, pale pink or purple flowers.
  • *
  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  • A flower of the lilac shrub.
  • A pale purple colour, the colour of some lilac flowers.
  • :

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colour) having a pale purple colour.

    • See also

    * syringa * bunchflower *

    Derived terms

    * lilacky

    Anagrams

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    linac

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) A linear particle accelerator.
  • * 2004': Usually such ‘'''linacs ’ are short, low-energy machines, but they can be high energy and lengthy, as at the Stanford Linear Accelerator in California. — Frank Close, ''Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2004, p. 49)