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What is the difference between publication and organ?

publication | organ |

As nouns the difference between publication and organ

is that publication is the act of publishing printed or other matter while organ is a largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.

As a verb organ is

(obsolete|transitive) to supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.

publication

English

Noun

  • The act of publishing printed or other matter
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others.
  • An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution
  • The communication of information to the general public etc.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • His jealousy attends the business, the recreations, the publications , and retirements of every man.

    organ

    English

    (wikipedia organ) (Pipe organ)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
  • (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
  • (musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ , the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
  • An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
  • A species of cactus ().
  • (slang) The penis.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * barrel organ * house organ * internal organ * mouth organ * pipe organ * sense organ * sex organ * storage organ * swell organ * vital organ

    Related terms

    * organelle * organic * organise or organize * organism * organist

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
  • * Bishop Mannyngham
    • Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.

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