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Lirate vs Lyrate - What's the difference?

lirate | lyrate |

As adjectives the difference between lirate and lyrate

is that lirate is having fine thread-like lines or grooves while lyrate is shaped like a lyre.

lirate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having fine thread-like lines or grooves.
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    lyrate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shaped like a lyre.
  • *1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 205:
  • *:The passage of time could only enhance his tenderness for the creature he clasped, this adored creature, whose motion was now more supple, whose haunches had grown more lyrate , whose hair-ribbon he had undone.
  • (botany, of leaves) Having a large terminal lobe and smaller rounded lobes toward its base.
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