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Pons vs Pone - What's the difference?

pons | pone |

As nouns the difference between pons and pone

is that pons is (anatomy) a bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ while pone is (legal|historical) a writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts or pone can be (southern us) a baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs or pone can be the last player to bet or play in turn.

pons

English

Noun

(wikipedia pons) (pontes)
  • (anatomy) A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ
  • (anatomy) A band of nerve fibres, the pons Varolii, within the brain stem
  • Holonyms

    * brain stem

    Anagrams

    * ----

    pone

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pone and its source, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal, historical) A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
  • (wikipedia pone)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) apones, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Southern US) A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.
  • * 1967 , William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner , Vintage 2004, page 11:
  • ‘Maybe you could fetch me just a little piece of pone ,’ I said, pleading, thinking: Big talk will fetch you nothing but nigger talk might work.
    Derived terms
    * corn pone

    See also

    * hominy grits

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The last player to bet or play in turn.
  • Anagrams

    * ----