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Mussel vs Cockle - What's the difference?

mussel | cockle |

As nouns the difference between cockle and mussel

is that cockle is any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells while mussel is a small edible bivalve shellfish of the families Unionidae (fresh water mussels) and Mytilidae (salt water mussels).

As a verb cockle

is to cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

mussel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small edible bivalve shellfish of the families Unionidae (fresh water mussels) and Mytilidae (salt water mussels).

    • Related terms

    * mouse * mussel-bed, mussel bed * zebra mussel

    Derived terms

    * blue mussel * Korean mussel

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    cockle

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from .

    Noun

    (wikipedia cockle) (en noun)
  • Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
  • The shell of such a mollusk.
  • (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
  • (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
  • (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
  • (mining, UK, Cornwall) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
    • (Raymond)
  • (UK) The fire chamber of a furnace.
    • (Knight)
  • (UK) A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
    • (Knight)
  • (UK) The dome of a heating furnace.
    • (Knight)
    Derived terms
    * blood cockle * cockleshell * common cockle * warm the cockles of one's heart
    See also
    * scallop

    Verb

    (cockl)
  • To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

    • Etymology 2

    (Lolium temulentum) (Agrostemma githago) (Lolium temulentum) (Agrostemma githago) From (etyl) coccel, perhaps from a diminutive of (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several field weeds, such as the corncockle, , and Lolium temulentum .
    • Synonyms
    * (Lolium temulentum) darnel, false wheat
    Related terms
    * aquatic cockle * corncockle * cocklebur
    See also
    * cheat * rye grass * tare * vetch

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