Palp vs Pali - What's the difference?
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(zoology) A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating.
(rfv-sense) (very, rare, nonce, used only by James Joyce) A fleshy part of a fingertip or an act of touching.
* 1922 , (James Joyce), (Ulysses) :
To feel, to explore by touch.
*1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 729:
*:It is not possible to examine a male patient without making him undress and actually palping him all over.
A Middle Indo-Aryan language (Devanagari ) of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of the Buddhist scriptures. It has no native script, so it may be written in various alphabets, including Devanagari, Burmese, and Roman.
The Prakrit language of the Buddha.
As nouns the difference between palp and pali
is that palp is a pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating while pali is plural of lang=en.As a verb palp
is to feel, to explore by touch.As a proper noun Pali is
a Middle Indo-Aryan language (Devanagari पाऴि) of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of the Buddhist scriptures. It has no native script, so it may be written in various alphabets, including Devanagari, Burmese, and Roman.palp
English
Noun
(wikipedia palp) (en noun)- He folded his razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin.