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Patela vs Patera - What's the difference?

patela | patera |

As nouns the difference between patela and patera

is that patela is a large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river ganges in india while patera is a broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in a ritual context such as a libation.

patela

English

Alternative forms

* puteli

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large flat-bottomed trading boat peculiar to the river Ganges in India.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    patera

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia patera) (paterae)
  • A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in a ritual context such as a libation.
  • (architecture) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.
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