Pithed vs Pathed - What's the difference?
pithed | pathed |
(pith)
The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
The spongy interior substance of a feather.
The spinal cord; the marrow.
(figuratively) The essential or vital part.
* Shakespeare
To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).
To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord.
Provided with a path.
* 2002 , Charles Morris, The San Francisco Calamity
(path)
As verbs the difference between pithed and pathed
is that pithed is (pith) while pathed is (path).As an adjective pathed is
provided with a path.pithed
English
Verb
(head)pith
English
Noun
(-)- The pith of my idea is truth.
- enterprises of great pith and moment
Synonyms
* (essential or necessary part) core, essence, general tenor, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, quintessence, soul, spirit, stuff, substanceVerb
(en verb)pathed
English
Adjective
(-)- they stood in the region of perpetual snow, amidst the glittering, treacherous glaciers and crevasses, with vast slippery-pathed precipices yawning round.