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Tress vs Cress - What's the difference?

tress | cress |

As nouns the difference between tress and cress

is that tress is a braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet while cress is (botany) a plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous the leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

As a verb tress

is to braid or knot hair.

tress

English

Noun

(es)
  • A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
  • (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To braid or knot hair.

    • Anagrams

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    cress

    English

    (wikipedia cress)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (botany) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

    • Derived terms

    * garden cress * land cress * watercress * alpine rock cress * bulbous cress * cedar glade cress * hoary bitter cress * hoary cress * Indian cress * marsh cress * peppercress * rockcress * thale cress, mouse-ear cress * wart cress * winter cress