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Whorl vs Whort - What's the difference?

whorl | whort |

In botany|lang=en terms the difference between whorl and whort

is that whorl is (botany) a circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem while whort is (botany) the whortleberry, or bilberry.

As nouns the difference between whorl and whort

is that whorl is a pattern of concentric circles while whort is (botany) the whortleberry, or bilberry.

As a verb whorl

is to form a pattern of concentric circles.

whorl

English

(wikipedia whorl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pattern of concentric circles.
  • (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
  • (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
  • (archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form a pattern of concentric circles.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 12, author=Jennifer Dunning, title=Modern Style, Old-Fashioned Virtues, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=“Waves Against the Sand,” to music by Martinu, which opened the program, filled the stage space with whorling patterns of dancers surging with the gentle but ceaseless momentum of the sea. }}

    References

    * * * whorl, Glossary of Terms, American Rhododendron Society English terms with homophones

    whort

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The whortleberry, or bilberry.
  • (Webster 1913)