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Membrane vs Hame - What's the difference?

membrane | hame |

As nouns the difference between membrane and hame

is that membrane is a flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal) while hame is (obsolete) a covering, skin, membrane or hame can be part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through or hame can be or hame can be .

membrane

English

(wikipedia membrane)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).
  • A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
  • A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.

    • Derived terms

    * neomembrane

    hame

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) hame, home, from (etyl) hama, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A covering, skin, membrane.
    • Related terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) ham, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Etymology 4

    From earlier haum, haume.

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

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