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Pustulate vs Dictum - What's the difference?

pustulate | dictum |

As a verb pustulate

is to form, or be formed into pustules.

As an adjective pustulate

is having pustules or prominences resembling them.

As a noun dictum is

an authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.

pustulate

English

Verb

(pustulat)
  • To form, or be formed into pustules

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having pustules or prominences resembling them.
    • a pustulate leaf, shell, or coral
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    dictum

    English

    (wikipedia dictum)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
  • * 1949 , Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, (Earth Abides)
    • ...a dictum which he had heard an economics professor once propound...
  • A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
  • The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
  • An arbitrament or award.
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