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Nostril vs Nare - What's the difference?

nostril | nare |

As nouns the difference between nostril and nare

is that nostril is either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages while nare is nostril found in the beak of a bird.

nostril

Noun

(en noun)
  • Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.
  • Synonyms

    * naris * nosehole

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    nare

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • nostril found in the beak of a bird
  • (rare) nostril
  • *1663 , (Hudibras) , by Samuel Butler, part 1,
  • *:There is a Machiavelian plot, \ Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not;
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