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Matchet vs Matches - What's the difference?

matchet | matches |


As nouns the difference between matchet and matches

is that matchet is machete while matches is .

Pubescence vs Pubescency - What's the difference?

pubescence | pubescency |


As nouns the difference between pubescence and pubescency

is that pubescence is the state of being in or reaching puberty while pubescency is .

Sputters vs Spatters - What's the difference?

sputters | spatters |


As verbs the difference between sputters and spatters

is that sputters is (sputter) while spatters is (spatter).

Ent vs Dent - What's the difference?

ent | dent |


As nouns the difference between ent and dent

is that ent is while dent is a shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact or dent can be (engineering) a tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.

As a verb dent is

to impact something, producing a dent.

Stormeth vs Storeth - What's the difference?

stormeth | storeth |


In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between stormeth and storeth

is that stormeth is (archaic) (storm) while storeth is (archaic) (store).

As verbs the difference between stormeth and storeth

is that stormeth is (archaic) (storm) while storeth is (archaic) (store).

Dowsed vs Dowed - What's the difference?

dowsed | dowed |


As verbs the difference between dowsed and dowed

is that dowsed is (dowse) while dowed is (dow).

Metempsychosis vs Metempsychoses - What's the difference?

metempsychosis | metempsychoses |


As nouns the difference between metempsychosis and metempsychoses

is that metempsychosis is transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death while metempsychoses is plural of metempsychosis.

Murine vs Purine - What's the difference?

murine | purine |


As an adjective murine

is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the mouse, rat or (more generally) any mammal of the family muridae.

As a noun purine is

(organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.

Foss vs Joss - What's the difference?

foss | joss |


As nouns the difference between foss and joss

is that foss is an alternative spelling of lang=en while joss is a Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.

As proper nouns the difference between foss and joss

is that foss is {{surname|lang=en} while Joss is {{given name|female|diminutive=Jocelyn}}.

As an acronym FOSS

is free and Open Source Software.

As a verb Joss is

to invalidate a fan theory or original element of a fanwork through the introduction of new canon or retconning.

Banking vs Basking - What's the difference?

banking | basking |


As nouns the difference between banking and basking

is that banking is the business of managing a bank while basking is the act of one who basks.

As verbs the difference between banking and basking

is that banking is while basking is .

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