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Recumbent vs Decumbent - What's the difference?

recumbent | decumbent |

As adjectives the difference between recumbent and decumbent

is that recumbent is lying down while decumbent is of a plant, which lies on the ground with tips turned upwards.

As a noun recumbent

is a bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.

recumbent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lying down.
  • Inactive; idle.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.

    • Derived terms

    * recumbence * recumbency * recumbently * unrecumbent * unrecumbently

    See also

    * accumbent * diamond frame * prone * prostrate * supine ----

    decumbent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany) Of a plant, which lies on the ground with tips turned upwards.