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Noyau vs Boyau - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between noyau and boyau

is that noyau is a french liqueur made at poissy in north central france from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots since the early nineteenth century while boyau is (military) a small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines.

noyau

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots since the early nineteenth century.
  • (label) A social structure where individual animals live alone, but each male's territory overlaps with those of several females.
  • * 1966 August 26, Richard Ardrey, "Strongest Bond of All - The Space We Own" in LIFE , page 58:
  • *:Borders are violated by hungering males and famished females, and the ordered animosities of the noyau give way to a saturnalia of sexual adventure.
  • * 1999 , Ronald M. Nowak, Walker's Primates of the World , JHU Press (ISBN 9780801862519), page 27
  • *:The orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) also exhibits the noyau system and appears to be the only diurnal primate with a largely solitary lifestyle.
  • * 2000 , Sergio M. Pellis & Andrew N. Iwaniuk, "Adult-Adult Play in Primates: Comparative Analyses of Its Origin, Distribution and Evolution", Ethology 106, page 1089:
    • This "noyau " pattern is found among various nocturnal strepsirrhines.

    References

    * http://www.noyaudepoissy.com/pages/histoire.htm ----

    boyau

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) A small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines.
  • A line, drawn winding about, in order to enclose several tracts of land, or to attack some works.

    • References

    * (military definition)'' '' Military Earthworks Terms , Historic Landscape Initiative, National Park Service. URL accessed 2007-01-29. * (winding line definition) (1728)

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