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Mola vs Moly - What's the difference?

mola | moly |

As nouns the difference between mola and moly

is that mola is moth while moly is noise.

mola

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia. A mola consists of cloth panels, made to wear on clothing, which feature complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse technique.
  • * 1977 , Rhoda L. Auld, Molas: What they are, How to make them, Ideas they suggest for creative appliqué? , page 67
    • The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color.
  • a sunfish, Mola mola

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    moly

    English

    Noun

    (molies)
  • A magic herb or plant used by .
  • *, II.4.1.iii:
  • *:It excels Homers moly , cures this, falling sickness, and almost all other infirmities.
  • * 1980 , Walter Shrewing, trans. Homer, The Odyssey , Oxford 1998, p.120:
    • So spoke the Radiant One; then gave me the magic herb, pulling it from the ground and showing me in what form it grew; its root was black, its flower milk-white. Its name among the gods is moly .
  • Any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, .
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