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Whetstone vs Tonsil - What's the difference?

whetstone | tonsil |

As a proper noun whetstone

is a location in barnet, london, england.

As a noun tonsil is

(anatomy|immunology) either of a pair of small masses of lymphoid tissue that lie on each side of the throat and that help protect the body against infection; palatine tonsil.

whetstone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
  • * 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 88-89
    • It was as if a stone were ground to dust; as if white sparks flew from a livid whetstone , which was his spine; as if the switchback railway, having swooped to the depths, fell, fell, fell.
  • (computing) A benchmark for evaluating the power of a computer.

    • Related terms

    * stone, whet

    See also

    * grind, grindstone * hone

    tonsil

    English

    (wikipedia tonsil)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, immunology) Either of a pair of small masses of lymphoid tissue that lie on each side of the throat and that help protect the body against infection; palatine tonsil.
  • (anatomy, immunology) Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues, including palatine tonsils, adenoids and lingual tonsils.

    • Synonyms

    * tonsilla

    Hyponyms

    * cerebellar tonsil * faucial tonsil * lingual tonsil * palatine tonsil * pharyngeal tonsil * adenoid

    Derived terms

    * tonsillar * tonsillectomy * tonsillitis * tonsillolith * tonsil hockey, tonsil tennis * to the tonsils, up to the tonsils * tubal tonsil

    References

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