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Rhizoid vs Scales - What's the difference?

rhizoid | scales |

As nouns the difference between rhizoid and scales

is that rhizoid is a rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients while scales is plural of lang=en.

As a verb scales is

third-person singular of scale.

rhizoid

English

(wikipedia rhizoid)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.

    • References

    * [http://www.yourdictionary.com/rhizoid]

    scales

    English

    (wikipedia scales)

    Noun

    (head)
    • (en-plural noun)
  • A device for measuring weight.
    • The butcher put the sausages on the scales .

    Derived terms

    * tip the scales

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scale)