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Terms vs Decuman - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and decuman

is that terms is while decuman is (obsolete) an extraordinarily large billow.

As an adjective decuman is

(obsolete) large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order.

terms

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Noun

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    decuman

    English

    Adjective

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  • (obsolete) large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order.
    • Such decuman billows. — Gauden.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An extraordinarily large billow.
    • The baffled decuman . — Lowell.
    (Webster 1913)