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Sinus vs Pinus - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sinus and pinus

is that sinus is a pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus while pinus is any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.

sinus

English

Noun

(wikipedia sinus) (sinuses)
  • (anatomy) A pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus.
  • A notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of an organ.
  • (pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, caused by the destruction of tissue.
  • A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.

    • Derived terms

    * sinusitis * ethmoid sinus * frontal sinus * maxillary sinus * sphenoid sinus * paranasal sinus

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    pinus

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (botany) Any member of the genus Pinus ; a pine.
  • * 1839 , J. C. Loudon, The Gardener's Magazine (page 420)
    • I have been invited to see the garden of Baron Zanoli, situated on the high road from Monza to Milan, in which I am told there are fine exotic trees and shrubs, and especially a rich collection of pinuses .
  • * 1853 , George Greenwood, The tree-lifter (page 265)
    • As the generality of pinuses grow by nature into magnificent and gigantic forest-trees, they should, I think, be planted in our parks as well as in our flower-gardens, shrubberies, and lawns.
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