Tentacle vs Tendril - What's the difference?
tentacle | tendril |
An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
* 1873, ,
* 1897,
* 1936,
As nouns the difference between tentacle and tendril
is that tentacle is an elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid while tendril is a thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.tentacle
English
(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 .