As adjectives the difference between delicious and nummy

is that delicious is pleasing to taste; tasty while nummy is delicious.

As an adjective metaphysical

is of or pertaining to metaphysics.

As a noun occasionalism is

a metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by God himself.

As nouns the difference between doctrine and occasionalism

is that doctrine is a belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters while occasionalism is (philosophy) a metaphysical doctrine that holds that all events are occasioned (caused) by god himself.

As nouns the difference between shrub and ligustrum

is that shrub is a woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base or shrub can be a liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur while ligustrum is any of several shrubs, of the genus ligustrum , widely used for hedges; privet.

As a verb shrub

is (obsolete) to lop; to prune.

As nouns the difference between hedge and ligustrum

is that hedge is a thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden while ligustrum is any of several shrubs, of the genus ligustrum , widely used for hedges; privet.

As a verb hedge

is to enclose with a hedge or hedges.

As a verb loaned

is (loan).

As an adjective loanable is

that may be loaned.

As a noun nectar

is nectar.

As an adjective nectariferous is

that yields nectar.

As nouns the difference between protozoan and nummulite

is that protozoan is (cytology) any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia while nummulite is a protozoan from the tertiary period, known only as fossils.

As an adjective protozoan

is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.

As nouns the difference between tree and leatherwood

is that tree is a large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age) while leatherwood is a deciduous shrub, of the genus Dirca, that has leathery bark.

As a verb tree

is to chase (an animal or person) up a tree.

Moosewood is a synonym of leatherwood.

As nouns the difference between moosewood and leatherwood

is that moosewood is striped maple (acer pensylvanicum ) while leatherwood is a deciduous shrub, of the genus dirca , that has leathery bark.