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Nome vs Pome - What's the difference?

nome | pome |

As verbs the difference between nome and pome

is that nome is while pome is (obsolete|intransitive) to grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

As a noun pome is

a type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

nome

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.
  • Laconia is the southernmost nome in the Peloponnese.
  • A territorial division of ancient Egypt.
  • * 1983', Yet the part will be as the whole, and you will be the High Priest in this '''nome of Egypt. — Norman Mailer, ''Ancient Evenings
  • A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.
  • (obsolete) A term in algebra.
  • Etymology 2

    Contraction

    (en-cont)
  • (US) no ma'am
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    pome

    English

    (wikipedia pome)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
  • A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.
  • Hyponyms

    * (fruit that develops from the base of a flower) apple, pear, quince

    Derived terms

    * pomaceous * pomiferous

    Verb

    (pom)
  • (obsolete) To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.
  • Anagrams

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