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Spiral vs Trica - What's the difference?

spiral | trica |

As nouns the difference between spiral and trica

is that spiral is spiral while trica is (lichenology) an apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.

spiral

English

(wikipedia spiral)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
  • (informal) A helix.
  • A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.

    • Derived terms

    * death spiral * downward spiral * graveyard spiral * spiral staircase * upward spiral

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Helical, like a spiral

    • Verb

  • To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
    • The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
  • (figuratively) To increase continually.
    • Her debts were spiralling out of control.

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    Anagrams

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    trica

    English

    Noun

    (tricae)
  • (lichenology) An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.
    • (Webster 1913) ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Etymology 1

    Noun

  • three (digit or figure)
  • anything numbered three (playing card, tram, bus, player with a jersey number 3 etc.)
  • the school grade '3'
    • Declension
    {{sh-decl-noun , tr?ca, trice , trice, tr?c? , trici, tricama , tricu, trice , trico, trice , trici, tricama , tricom, tricama }}

    Etymology 2

    See .

    Noun

  • trifle, junk
    • trice i ku?ine — nonsense
    Declension
    {{sh-decl-noun , trica, trice , trice, trica , trici, tricama , tricu, trice , trico, trice , trici, tricama , tricom, tricama }}