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Tonus vs Conus - What's the difference?

tonus | conus |

As a noun tonus

is (biology) tonicity; tone.

As an adjective conus is

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tonus

English

Noun

  • (biology) tonicity; tone
    • muscular tonus
  • * 1956 , Personal character and cultural milieu: a collection of readings
    • Dr. H. S. Sullivan, for example, is known to many for his acute understanding of the postural tonuses of his patients.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    conus

    English

    Acronym

    (Acronym) (head)
  • (chiefly, military) The contiguous United States; the 48 states excluding Alaska and Hawaii.

    • Usage notes

    * This is sometimes mistakenly defined as continental United States, possibly because the concept of "continent" is more familiar than contiguity; but continental would include Alaska.

    Antonyms

    * OCONUS