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Tulsi vs Basil - What's the difference?

tulsi | basil |

As nouns the difference between tulsi and basil

is that tulsi is holy basil, while basil is a plant (ocimum basilicum ) or basil can be the angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away or basil can be the skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

As a verb basil is

to grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.

tulsi

English

Noun

(-)
  • Holy basil, .
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 157:
  • *:It was a long, long time since I had been to Rohala and while I recalled some of the rooms and the courtyard with the fountain and the tulsi plant, I had no memories of the exterior of the house I was looking for.

    • basil

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) basile, from .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A plant (Ocimum basilicum ).
  • The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
  • Any other species in the genus Ocimum .
    • Synonyms
    * (plant) albahaca, , sweet basil
    Derived terms
    * Asian basil * basil thyme * holy basil * Lao basil * lemon basil * sweet basil * Thai basil * wild basil

    External links

    * ("basil" on Wikipedia) * (Ocimum) * (Ocimum)

    Etymology 2

    Variant of bezel?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.

    • Verb

  • To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
    • (Moxon)
    Synonyms
    * bevel, sharpen

    Etymology 3

    Corrupted from (etyl) basan, (etyl) basane, (lena) basanium, from (etyl), properly "lining".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
    • Synonyms
    * basan, bazil (Webster 1913)

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