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Nous vs Pous - What's the difference?

nous | pous |

As nouns the difference between nous and pous

is that nous is the mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional while pous is a measure of length found in Iron Age Europe and the Ancient Near East, considered the Greek "foot". Its exact value was variable, but was always one six-hundredth of a stadion.

nous

English

Noun

  • (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional
  • * 1900 , Gilbert Keith Chesterton,
    • I feel the will to roam, to learn
    By test, experience, nous ,
    That fire is hot and ocean deep,
    And wolves carnivorous.
  • In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
  • Common sense; practical intelligence.

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    pous

    English

    (wikipedia pous)

    Noun

    (podes)
  • A measure of length found in Iron Age Europe and the Ancient Near East, considered the Greek "foot". Its exact value was variable, but was always one six-hundredth of a stadion.

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    * * English nouns with irregular plurals