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Rickets vs Crickets - What's the difference?

rickets | crickets |

As nouns the difference between rickets and crickets

is that rickets is (pathology) a disorder of infancy and early childhood caused by a deficiency of vitamin d, causing soft bones while crickets is .

rickets

English

(wikipedia rickets)

Noun

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  • (pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft bones.

    • Synonyms

    * rachitis, rhachitis

    Related terms

    * ricketiness * rickety

    See also

    * osteomalacia * rachitic

    Anagrams

    *

    crickets

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (US slang, humorous) Absolute silence; no communication. Derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling (otherwise) complete quiet. May be used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases.
    • Since then, I've received no response. Not a word. Just... crickets .
    We asked for an explanation, but all we heard was the sound of crickets .
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