Tentacle vs Ante - What's the difference?
tentacle | ante |
An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
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A price or cost, as in up the ante.
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(poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.
To pay the ante in poker. Often used ante up .
To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
As a noun tentacle
is an elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.As a proper noun ante is
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(wikipedia tentacle)Noun
(en noun)20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- With one blow of the axe, Captain Nemo cut this formidable tentacle , that slid wriggling down the ladder.
- The body was small, but fitted with two bunches of prehensile organs, like long tentacles , immediately under the mouth.
- Surmounting this head were four slender grey stalks bearing flower-like appendages, whilst from its nether side dangled eight greenish antennae or tentacles .
