What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Polyed vs Polyad - What's the difference?

polyed | polyad |

As a verb polyed

is past tense of poly.

As a noun polyad is

a group consisting of an indeterminate number of things or people.

polyed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (poly)

  • poly

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of various words.

    Noun

    (polys)
  • polytechnic.
  • polyethylene (polythene)
  • (chiefly, computer graphics) polygon
  • (uncountable) polyester
  • a cotton-poly blend
  • (chiefly, informal) polyamory
  • (chiefly, informal) A polyamorous person.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (chiefly, informal) polyamorous
  • Verb

  • (transitive, video games, roguelikes) To polymorph; to transform by magic.
  • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium .

    Alternative forms

    * poley

    Noun

  • A whitish woolly plant () of the order Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean.
  • Usage notes

    * The name, with various prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus.

    Derived terms

    * poly-mountain (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    *

    polyad

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia polyad) (en noun)
  • A group consisting of an indeterminate number of things or people.
  • See also

    * monad * dyad * triad * tetrad * pentad * hexad * heptad * octad * nonad * decad * See also