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Pileus vs Pileous - What's the difference?

pileus | pileous |

As a noun pileus

is the cap of a mushroom.

As an adjective pileous is

(uncomparable) of, pertaining to, or consisting of hair.

pileus

English

(wikipedia pileus)

Noun

(pilei)
  • the cap of a mushroom.
  • the bell of a jellyfish
  • (meteorology) a small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud. A cap cloud
  • a conical felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece
  • The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.

    • pileous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (uncomparable) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of hair.
  • * 1861 , Friedrich Wilhelm Von Scanzoni, H. Dor, A. Socin (translators), A Practical treatise on the diseases of the sexual organs of women , page 563,
    • Another frequent affection of the labia majora, is vulvular folliculitis' of Hulguier, that is to say the inflammatlon of the numerous ' pileous and sebaceous glands of this organ.
  • * 1949 , René Maurice Gattefossé, Technique of Beauty Products , page 166,
    • A thyroid lack is usually characterised by skin infiltration, by dryness and desquamation, by depletion of the pileous system,.
  • * 1995 , Rupert D. V. Glasgow, Madness, Masks, and Laughter: An Essay on Comedy , page 36,
    • The play is indeed dominated by disguise and linguistic mimicry as Titus, the "carrot-headed" comic hero, tries to overcome prejudice against redheads and climb the social ladder by donning a wig and pretending to be "normal" in matters pileous .
  • * 2006 , Andrew Miller, Casanova , unnumbered page,
    • What pileous sculptures was the young man creating on that lovely head?
  • (comparable) Covered with hair; hairy.
  • * 1861 , W. Newcomb, Catalogue of Helices Inhabiting the West Coast of America, North of Cape St. Lucas and West of the Rocky Mountains'', ''American Journal of Conchology , Volume 1, page 342,
    • This rare species might, but for the rugose and pileous epidermis and more depressed form, readily be confounded with the preceding.
  • * 2008 , John Tehranian, Whitewashed: America's Invisible Middle Eastern Minority , page 17,
    • One cannot help but wonder whether the concerns ultimately had root in the presence of a diminutive, pileous , and swarthy Mediterranean atop a military vehicle, instead of our accepted Anglo-Saxon image of leadership and might.
  • * 2010 , Muriel Lede, The Sacrament of Conception , page 264,
    • All of her attention is focused on surveying the rippled surface of my sturdy, pileous torso. I encourage her by stroking down her hair.