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Penitente vs Penitence - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between penitente and penitence

is that penitente is a tall thin blade of hardened snow or ice, found closely spaced in large quantities at high altitudes while penitence is condition of being penitent.

penitente

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tall thin blade of hardened snow or ice, found closely spaced in large quantities at high altitudes.

    • Derived terms

    * micropenitente

    penitence

    English

    (wikipedia penitence)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (-)
  • of being (l).
  • of (l) or (l) for doing (l) or (l).

    • Synonyms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l) * See also

    Related terms

    * penitent * penitential * penitentially * penitentiary * penitently