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Piloerection vs Piloerector - What's the difference?

piloerection | piloerector |

As nouns the difference between piloerection and piloerector

is that piloerection is the erection of hairs or papillae while piloerector is a muscle responsible for piloerection.

piloerection

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The erection of hairs or papillae.
  • goose pimples / goose bumps.

    • Synonyms

    * horripilation * pilomotor reflex

    piloerector

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A muscle responsible for piloerection.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 20, author=Natalie Angier, title=A Mammal in Winter With a Furnace of Her Own, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Nor should we neglect that quintessentially mammalian trait, our hair, which, at the behest of tiny piloerector muscles at the base of each strand, can puff up to trap pockets of still air, one of the finest insulators known. }}