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Peat vs Cespitine - What's the difference?

peat | cespitine |

As nouns the difference between peat and cespitine

is that peat is soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas while cespitine is an oil obtained by distillation of peat, containing various members of the pyridine series.

peat

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown; perhaps a borrowing from an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source.

Noun

  • Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas.
    • Derived terms
    * peaty
    See also
    * (wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.
  • * 1594 , , I. i. 78 :
    • And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat !

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    cespitine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound, archaic) An oil obtained by distillation of peat, containing various members of the pyridine series.
    • (Webster 1913)