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Serrate vs Pectinate - What's the difference?

serrate | pectinate |

As adjectives the difference between serrate and pectinate

is that serrate is having tooth-like projections on one side, as in a saw while pectinate is resembling a comb.

As a verb serrate

is to make serrate.

As a noun pectinate is

an ester or salt formed of pectinic acid.

serrate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having tooth-like projections on one side, as in a saw.
    • Many click beetles have serrate antennae.
  • (botany) (leaves) Having tooth-like projections pointed away from the petiole.

    • Derived terms

    * serrulate * retroserrate * biserrate

    Related terms

    * dentate * runcinate

    Usage notes

    Serrate is used in some scientific communities; for common usage, serrated is typically the more appropriate term.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make serrate.

    • Anagrams

    * * * ----

    pectinate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Resembling a comb.
  • Having segments which are greatly lengthened to one side.
    • The moth's antennae were pectinate in shape, set with long teeth along one edge only.
  • (mycology) striate

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) An ester or salt formed of pectinic acid.

    • Related terms

    * pecten * pectinal * pectinatella * pectination * pectinibranchiate * pectiniform ----