Lith vs Pith - What's the difference?
lith | pith |
A limb; any member of the body.
A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.
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(label) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.
Owndom; property.
The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
The spongy interior substance of a feather.
The spinal cord; the marrow.
(figuratively) The essential or vital part.
* Shakespeare
To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).
To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord.
As nouns the difference between lith and pith
is that lith is a limb; any member of the body while pith is the soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.As a verb pith is
to extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).lith
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lith, lyth, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) lith, . More at (l).Noun
(-)Etymology 3
From (etyl) *. More at (l).Anagrams
* ----pith
English
Noun
(-)- The pith of my idea is truth.
- enterprises of great pith and moment
