Pamp vs Palp - What's the difference?
pamp | palp |
(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.
As verbs the difference between pamp and palp
is that pamp is to pamper while palp is to feel, to explore by touch.As a noun palp is
(zoology) a pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating.palp
English
Noun
(wikipedia palp) (en noun)- He folded his razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin.
