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Plaga vs Playa - What's the difference?

plaga | playa |

Playa is a descendant of plaga.



As nouns the difference between plaga and playa

is that plaga is a stripe of colour while playa is a level spot temporarily covered with water which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation; an alkali flat or salt pan.

plaga

English

Noun

(plagae)
  • (zoology) A stripe of colour.

    • Related terms

    * plagate * plagose (Webster 1913) ----

    playa

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia playa) (en noun)
  • (geology, US) a level spot temporarily covered with water which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation; an alkali flat or salt pan.

    • Etymology 2

    From a non-rhotic pronunciation of player

    Noun

    (wikipedia playa) (en noun)
  • (AAVE, slang) dude
  • (AAVE, slang) player
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