Marine vs Murine - What's the difference?
marine | murine |
Of, or pertaining to, the sea (marine biology'', marine ''insurance .)
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= A member of a marine corps.
(capitalised in the plural) A marine corps.
A painting representing some marine subject.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the mouse, rat or (more generally) any mammal of the family Muridae.
* {{quote-book
, passage=One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation.
, page=699
, title=Modern Pharmaceutics, 4th edition
, author=Gilbert S. Banker & Christopher T. Rhodes
, publisher=Informa Health Care
, year=2002
, isbn=0824706749}}
As adjectives the difference between marine and murine
is that marine is of, or pertaining to, the sea (marine biology, marine insurance. while murine is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the mouse, rat or (more generally) any mammal of the family Muridae.As a noun marine
is a member of a marine corps.marine
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.}}
Noun
(en noun)- He was a marine in World War II.
- He fought with the Marines in World War II.