Potato vs Moth - What's the difference?
potato | moth |
A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum , eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe
(informal, UK) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
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, title= (figurative) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
The plant .
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(dated) A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.
* 1895 , Good Housekeeping , page 196, ISSN: 0731-3462
* 1999 , R. L. Gupta, Directory of Diseases & Cures: In Homoeopathy , page 254, ISBN 8170215161.
* 2005 , J. D. Patil, Textbook of Applied Materia Medica , page 108, ISBN 8180565904.
English heteronyms
As nouns the difference between potato and moth
is that potato is a plant tuber, solanum tuberosum , eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the americas and europe while moth is a usually nocturnal insect of the order lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae or moth can be the plant or moth can be .As a verb moth is
to hunt for moths.potato
English
(wikipedia potato)Noun
(potatoes)Synonyms
* (plant) spud (slang)Derived terms
* air potato, air-potato * almond potato * Amandine potato * Andean potato latent virus * Andean potato mottle virus * Anna potatoes * apple potato bread * baby potato * baked potato * baking potato * bastard potato * Bengal potatoes * Bintje potato * black potato * blue potato * boiling potato * Bordet-Gengou potato blood agar * Brazilian potato tree * Burbank potato, Burbank Russet potato * Canada potato * Canarian wrinkly potatoes * Caribe potato * Carolina potato * chat potatoes * chef's potato * Chilean potato-tree, Chilean potato vine * Chilian potato * Chinese potato * clean potato * cold-potato routing * coleus potato * Colorado potato beetle * couch potato * Cree potato * Cuban sweet potato * Delmonico potato * duchess potatoes, duchesse potatoes * duck potato * false potato beetle * fauxtato * fingerling potato * finger potato * frafra potato * French-fried potatoes * giant potato creeper * glasshouse and potato aphid * Greenfield potatoes * Hausa potato * hog potato * hog's potato * home-fried potatoes * hot potato * Idaho potato * Indian potato * Irish potato * Irish potato bread * * jacket potato * Japanese potato * Jersey Royal potatoes * Jerusalem potato * little potato * Livingstone potato * long white potato * low-starch potato * Lyonnaise potatoes * Madagascar potato * mashed potato, mashed potatoes * meat and potatoes * meat and potato pie * Mexican potato * mouse potato * * native potato * new potato * O'Brien potatoes * oca potato * * pineapple potato * potater * potato aphid * potato apple, potato-apple * potato aucuba mosaic virus * potato badger * potato-ball * potato bean, potato-bean * potato beetle, potato-beetle * potato black ringspot virus * potato blight * potato blood agar * potato-bogle * potato-box * potato bread * potato bug, potato-bug * potato cake, potato-cake * potato cannon * potato chips * potato clay * potato creeper * potato crisps * potato curl * potato cyst * potato cyst nematode * potato deforming mosaic virus * potato dextrose agar * potato dextrose broth * potato disease * potato dumpling * potato-eater * potato-eel * potatoes and point * potatoey * potato-eye * potato failure * potato family * potato famine * potato farls * potato fly * potato fern * potato finger * potato flake * potato flour * potato-fly * potato fork * potato fungus * potato grant * potato gun * potato-headed * potato hook * potato-jaw * potato kugel * potato late blight * potato latent virus * potato latke * potato leafhopper * potato leaf roll virus, potato leafroll virus * potato lectin * potatoless * potato-loaf * potato masher, potato-masher * potato mildew * potato-mill * potato mop-top virus * potato mold, potato mould * potato mosaic * potato moth * potato-mouth * potato-mouthed * potato murrain * potato nose, potato-nose * potato nuggets * potato oat * potato of Canada * potato oil * potato onion * potato pancake * potato paradox * potato patch * potato peel * potato peeler, potato-peeler * potato peelings * potato pen * potato pie * potato pit * potato plant * potato pretender * potato psyllid * potato pudding * potato puff * potato race * potato ricer * potato ring, potato-ring * potato-root * potato root nematode * potato rot * potato rot nematode * potato rugose mosaic * potato salad * potato scab * potato scab bacteria * potato scone * potato-scoop * potato set * potato-shop * potato-sick * potato spindle tuber viroid * potato spirit, potato-spirit * potato split-worm * potato-spraying * potato-stalk weevil * potato starch * potato stem mottle * potato stick * potato straw * potato sugar * potato trap, potato-trap * potato tree, potato-tree * potato tuber moth * potato tuber nematode * potato tuberworm * potato tumor, potato tumour * potato vine * potato virus A * potato virus M * potato virus S * potato virus T * potato virus U * potato virus V * potato virus X * potato virus Y * * potato wart * potato wart fungus * potato weevil * potato whisky * potato-woman * potato worm * potato yam * potato yellow dwarf * potato yellow dwarf virus, potato yellow-dwarf virus * potato yellowing virus * potato yellow mosaic virus * potato yellow vein virus * * prairie potato * Price's potato-bean * prickly potato * purple Peruvian potato * purple potato * red-skinned potato * red potato * red round potato * Russet Burbank potato * russet potato * salt potatoes * scalloped potatoes * sea potato * seaside potato * seed potato * Spanish potato * small potato, small potatoes, small potatoes and a few in a hill, small potatoes and a few in the hill * scalloped potatoes * shoestring potatoes * smashed potatoes * starchy potato * Sudan potato * swamp potato * sweet potato * tater * Telinga potato * telingo potato * ten-lined potato beetle * Uruguay potato * Uruguay potato vine * Virginia potato, Virginian potato * Vivaldi potato * waxy potato * white potato * white potato vine * white round potato * wild potato * wild potato mosaic virus * wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine * wild sweet potato * yellow dwarf of potato * Yellow Finn potato * Yellow Finnish potato * yellow potato * Yukon Gold potato * Zulu potato, Zulu round potatomoth
English
Etymology 1
Germanic: from (etyl) '', German ''Motte .Noun
(en noun)William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
Synonyms
* lepDerived terms
* almond moth * almond tree leaf skeletoniser moth, almond tree leaf skeletonizer moth * antler moth * apple-moth * Atlas moth * autumnal moth * bagworm moth * black witch moth * Bogong moth * bagworm moth * bee moth * black-arched moth * brimstone moth * brown-tailed moth, brown-tail moth, browntail moth * burnet companion moth * burnet moth * cabbage moth * carpet moth * case moth * cecropia moth * cinnabar moth * clothes moth * clothing moth * codlin moth, codling moth * comet moth * cotton leafworm moth * cup moth * death's head moth * diamond-back moth, diamondback moth * dot moth * Douglas-fir tussock moth * emperor moth * ermine moth * garden tiger moth * geometer moth * ghost moth * goat moth * gooseberry-moth * grass moth * giant leopard moth * gipsy moth, gypsy moth * hag moth * hawk moth, hawk-moth, hawkmoth * honeycomb moth * imperial moth * Indian meal moth * io moth * kitten-moth * lackey moth * lappet moth * leaf roller moth * leek moth * leopard moth * light brown apple moth * lobster moth * luna moth * magpie moth * many-plumed moth * Mediterranean flour moth * mint moth * moth ball, moth-ball, mothball * moth blight * moth-borer * moth-eaten * mothed * mothen * Mother Shipton moth * moth flower * moth fly * moth freckle * moth-fretted * moth-fretten * moth gnat * moth-hunter * mothless * moth-like, mothlike * moth miller * moth mullein * moth orchid * moth patch * moth-proof, mothproof * moth sphinx * moth spot * moth-time * mothweed * moth wing * mothwort * mothy * mouse moth * night moth * November moth * nun moth * ochre-winged hag moth * oriental leafworm moth * owlet moth * owl moth * painted apple moth * pale November moth * Pandora sphinx moth * pasture day moth * pear leaf blister moth * peppered moth * plume moth * polyphemus moth * processionary moth * pug-moth * puss moth * rabbit moth * rusty tussock moth * satin moth * scarlet tiger moth * shipton moth * short-cloaked moth * silkworm moth * slug moth * snout moth * southern flannel moth * sphinx moth * summer fruit tortrix moth * swallow-tailed moth * tapestry moth * tiger moth * turnip moth * tussock moth * unicorn moth * veneer moth * vine moth, vine-moth * wax moth * western tussock moth * wheat moth * white-marked tussock moth * white witch moth * winter moth * witch moth * yellow-shouldered slug moth * Y moth * yucca mothDerived terms
* mothingSee also
* butterfly * caterpillarEtymology 2
From (etyl) (wikipedia moth)Noun
Synonyms
* , matkiExternal links
* (projectlink) * (Vigna aconitifolia) * (Vigna aconitifolia) *Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- So that, dear lords, if I be left behind, / A moth of peace, and he go to the war, / The rites for which I love him are bereft me, / And I a heavy interim shall support / By his dear absence. Let me go with him.
- To remove moth patches, wash the spots with a solution of common bicarbonate of soda and water several times a day, until the patches are removed, which will usually be in forty-eight hours.
- Craves for sour things, chalks and eggs, fatty people with light brown spots on the face or liver spots, moth patches on forehead and cheek.
- There are signs of liver affections as weakness, yellow complexion, liver spots, and moth spot like a saddle over the nose.
