Pigment vs Fuscin - What's the difference?
pigment | fuscin |
(biology) Any color in plant or animal cells
A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
(obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
A brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between pigment and fuscin
is that pigment is any color in plant or animal cells while fuscin is a brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.As a verb pigment
is to add color or pigment to something.pigment
English
(wikipedia pigment)Noun
(en noun)- Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.
- Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.
- (Sir Walter Scott)