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Saurian vs Sorrel - What's the difference?

saurian | sorrel |

As nouns the difference between saurian and sorrel

is that saurian is a reptile of the suborder sauria ; a lizard while sorrel is a kind of plant with acidic leaves, especially rumex acetosa (common sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable or sorrel can be a brown colour, with a tint of red.

As adjectives the difference between saurian and sorrel

is that saurian is pertaining to the sauria while sorrel is of a brown colour, with a tint of red.

saurian

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A reptile of the suborder Sauria ; a lizard.
  • *1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VI
  • *:After dinner we all went on deck and watched the unfamiliar scenes of a Capronian night--that is, all but von Schoenvorts. There was less to see than to hear. From the great inland lake behind us came the hissing and the screaming of countless saurians . Above us we heard the flap of giant wings, while from the shore rose the multitudinous voices of a tropical jungle--of a warm, damp atmosphere such as must have enveloped the entire earth during the Palezoic and Mesozoic eras.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the Sauria.
  • Resembling a lizard.

    • Synonyms

    * lacertilian

    Anagrams

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    sorrel

    English

    (wikipedia sorrel)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sorel, from (etyl) sorel, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of plant with acidic leaves, especially Rumex acetosa (common sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.
    • Derived terms
    * mountain sorrel * red sorrel * salt of sorrel * sheep sorrel * sorrel tree * wood sorrel

    See also

    * oxalic acid * schav * sourwood

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . See also (sere).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A brown colour, with a tint of red.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a brown colour, with a tint of red.

    • See also

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