Monkshood vs Monkhood - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between monkshood and monkhood

is that monkshood is (countable) any of various poisonous plants, of the genus aconitum , with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood while monkhood is the state of being a monk.

monkshood

English

(wikipedia monkshood) (Aconitum)

Alternative forms

* monk's hood

Noun

  • (countable) Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum , with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood
  • (uncountable) The dried leaves or flowers of these plants formerly used as a source of medicinal alkaloids

    • Synonyms

    * aconite, wolfsbane

    See also

    * Aconitum English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    monkhood

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being a monk.
  • The monks collectively.
    • English words suffixed with -hood