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Tropist vs Tropism - What's the difference?

tropist | tropism |

As nouns the difference between tropist and tropism

is that tropist is one who deals in tropes while tropism is (biology) the turning of an organism in response to a stimulus, either towards or away from the stimulus.

tropist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who deals in tropes.
  • One who avoids the literal meaning of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.
    • (Webster 1913)

    tropism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tropism) (en noun)
  • (biology) the turning of an organism in response to a stimulus, either towards or away from the stimulus
  • (virology) viral tropism, or which type of tissue supports a certain virus

    • Usage notes

    Distinguished from (m) in that in a taxis, the organism has (l) and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g., bacteria, animals), while in a tropism the organism is not (l), and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g., plants, fungi). Similarly, (m) is distinguished as non-directional'' ''movement. In compound terms, analyzed as suffix (m), not stand-alone tropism .

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