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Musk vs Cusk - What's the difference?

musk | cusk |

As nouns the difference between musk and cusk

is that musk is a greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes while cusk is a marine cod-like fish in the ling family lotidae,.

As a verb musk

is to perfume with musk.

musk

English

(wikipedia musk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
  • A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet.
  • A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above.
  • The odour of musk.
  • The musk deer.
  • The (musk plant) ().
  • A plant of the genus ); the (musky heronsbill).
  • A plant of the genus Muscari ; grape hyacinth.
  • (slang, colloquial, vulgar) The scent of human genitalia when aroused or unwashed, especially that of a man.
  • I was so excited I could smell my own musk .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To perfume with musk.
  • English terms derived from Sanskrit

    cusk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A marine cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, .
  • Synonyms

    * (cod-like fish) brismak, brosmius, moonfish, torsk, tusk

    Anagrams

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