Pineapple vs Porcupine - What's the difference?
pineapple | porcupine |
A tropical plant, Ananas comosus , native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
(slang) A hand grenade.
(slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.
Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.
* 1981 , Adolph Murie, The Grizzlies of Mount McKinley ,
* 2010 , Richard Potts, Early Hominid Activities at Olduvai ,
* 2011 , John P. Rafferty, Rats, Bats, and Xenarthrans ,
As nouns the difference between pineapple and porcupine
is that pineapple is a tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem while porcupine is any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.pineapple
English
(wikipedia pineapple)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (plant) ananas, pineapple plant * (fruit) ananas * (hand grenade) grenade, hand grenadeDerived terms
* crazy pineapple * pineapple bomb * pineapple bun * pineapple chunks * pineapple cloth * Pineapple Express * pineapple fiber, pineapple fibre * pineapple flower * pineapple grenade * pineapple guava * Pineapple Island * pineapple jelly * pineapple juice * pineapple kernel * pineapple mint * pineapple nut * pineapple plant * pineapple potato * (Pineapple Primary) * pineapple rum * pineapple sage * pineapple seed * pineapple shawl * pineapple strawberry * pineapple test * pineapple tree * pineapple verbena * pineapple weed * pineapple wine * twisted pineappleporcupine
English
(wikipedia porcupine)Noun
(en noun)page 218,
- I have no evidence of grizzlies killing porcupines' or vice versa. However, occasionally there is contact and sometimes a grizzly is injured or a ' porcupine killed, but the latter is rare.
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- In particular, porcupines , hyenas, and leopards are known in Africa to transport bones to particular places.
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- Old World porcupines' (Hystricidae) have quills embedded in clusters, whereas in New World '''porcupines''' (Erethizontidae) single quills are interspersed with bristles, underfur, and hair. No ' porcupine can throw its quills, but they detach easily and will remain embedded in an attacker.