Protuberance vs Caput - What's the difference?
protuberance | caput |
A bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that protrudes.
* 1989 — Ben Aaronovitch, Remembrance of the Daleks
(anatomy) The head.
(anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
The top or superior part of a thing.
(UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
* Lamb
As nouns the difference between protuberance and caput
is that protuberance is a bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that protrudes while caput is (anatomy) the head.protuberance
English
Noun
(en noun)- Ever since their creation the Daleks have been attempting to conquer and enslave as much of the universe as they could get their grubby little protuberances on.
caput
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Your caputs and heads of colleges.
