Statin vs Stain - What's the difference?
statin | stain |
(pharmaceutical drug) Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.
A discoloured spot or area.
A blemish on one's character or reputation.
A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
To discolour something
To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
* Milton
To coat a surface with a stain
To treat a microscope specimen with a dye
To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* Spenser
As nouns the difference between statin and stain
is that statin is (pharmaceutical drug) any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis while stain is .statin
English
(wikipedia statin)Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* * *stain
English
(wikipedia stain)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* (l) * Giemsa stain * Leishman stain * Romanowsky stain * Wright-Giemse stain * Wright's stainVerb
(en verb)- to stain the hand with dye
- armour stained with blood
- Of honour void, / Of innocence, of faith, of purity, / Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained .
- to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.
- the stained glass used for church windows
- She stains the ripest virgins of her age.
- that did all other beasts in beauty stain