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Pilin vs Qilin - What's the difference?

pilin | qilin |

As nouns the difference between pilin and qilin

is that pilin is any of a class of fibrous proteins found in pilus structures in bacteria while qilin is qilin.

pilin

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia pilin)
  • Any of a class of fibrous proteins found in pilus structures in bacteria.

    • qilin

    English

    (wikipedia qilin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.
  • * 1989 , Ernst J. Grube, Eleanor G. Sims, Islamic Art: Volume 3
    • ...a red and gold textile with phoenixes in one row swooping towards qilins in the next amidst a densely foliated ground...
  • * 2001 , David J. Roxburgh, Prefacing the image: the writing of art history in sixteenth-century Iran
    • Roundel depicting dragon attacked by qilins ; mounted on an album page.
  • * 2010 , Molly Blaisdell, Necdet Yilmaz, Truth about Unicorns
    • When the qilin leaves, the emperor traces the shapes he saw into the dirt.

    Synonyms

    * kirin