Pith vs Medulla - What's the difference?
pith | medulla |
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.
The soft inner part of something, especially the pith of a fruit.
(anatomy) The inner substance of various organs and structures, especially the marrow of bones.
(anatomy) The medulla oblongata.
(botany) The internal tissue of a plant.
As nouns the difference between pith and medulla
is that pith is the soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees while medulla is the soft inner part of something, especially the pith of a fruit.As a verb pith
is to extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).pith
English
Noun
(-)- The pith of my idea is truth.
- enterprises of great pith and moment
