Pith vs Australopith - What's the difference?
pith | australopith | see also |
The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
The spongy interior substance of a feather.
The spinal cord; the marrow.
(figuratively) The essential or vital part.
* Shakespeare
To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).
To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord.
(archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) of or pertaining to the extinct anthropoid apes of the genera Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus or their fossils
(archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) members of the extinct anthropoid apes of the genera Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus or their fossils
Pith is a see also of australopith.
As nouns the difference between pith and australopith
is that pith is the soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees while australopith is (archaeology|anthropology|paleonotology) any of several extinct hominid primates, of the genus australopithecus , from the pleistocene period.As a verb pith
is to extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).As an adjective australopith is
(archaeology|anthropology|paleonotology) of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus australopithecus , from the pleistocene period.pith
English
Noun
(-)- The pith of my idea is truth.
- enterprises of great pith and moment