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Pluripotent vs Nullipotent - What's the difference?

pluripotent | nullipotent |

Nullipotent is a coordinate term of pluripotent.



As adjectives the difference between pluripotent and nullipotent

is that pluripotent is able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all while nullipotent is describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.

pluripotent

English

(wikipedia pluripotent)

Adjective

(-)
  • Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all.
  • *2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 99:
  • *:As the embryo grows, ‘pluripotent ’ stem cells appear, which are limited in their potency.

    • Synonyms

    * pluripotential

    Related terms

    * pluripotency

    See also

    *multipotent *oligopotent *totipotent *unipotent

    nullipotent

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics, computing) Describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.
  • (biology) Incapable of developing into any cell type; compare pluripotent

    • Usage notes

    In computing, contrast with idempotent, meaning that the result of performing an action multiple times is the same as the result of doing it only once'' (rather than ''zero times, as is nullipotent).

    Related terms

    *idempotent *nullipotence

    Coordinate terms

    * (computing) idempotent * (biology) pluripotent