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Suppository vs Repository - What's the difference?

suppository | repository |

As nouns the difference between suppository and repository

is that suppository is a medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature while repository is a location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

suppository

English

Noun

(wikipedia suppository) (suppositories)
  • A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.

    • See also

    * clyster * enema * pessary

    repository

    English

    (wikipedia repository)

    Noun

    (repositories)
  • a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • # (computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system
  • a burial vault
  • a person to whom a secret is entrusted

    • Synonyms

    * (location for storage) depository, archive

    Related terms

    * reposit