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Tome vs Codex - What's the difference?

tome | codex |

As nouns the difference between tome and codex

is that tome is one in a series of volumes while codex is an early manuscript book.

tome

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One in a series of volumes.
  • A large or scholarly book.
  • The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.

    Anagrams

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    codex

    English

    (wikipedia codex)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • an early manuscript book
  • a book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll
  • an official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients
  • Quotations

    * See codexes

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