different between polyp vs prominence

English

Etymology

From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (polúpous), from ????? (polús, “many”) + ???? (poús, “foot”). Doublet of polypus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?l?p/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?l?p/
• Rhymes: -?l?p
• Hyphenation: pol?yp

Noun

polyp (plural polyps)

1. (medicine) an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
2. (zoology) a cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles

Derived terms

• polypoid

Related terms

• polypian
• polyposis

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Further reading

• polyp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• polyp in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• polyp at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• loppy

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pol?p]

Noun

polyp m

1. (biology) polyp
2. (medicine) polyp

Derived terms

• polypí

Further reading

• polyp in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• polyp in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

English

Etymology

From obsolete French prominence (compare proéminence), from Latin prominentia.

Noun

prominence (countable and uncountable, plural prominences)

1. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.

   • “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

2. Relative importance.
3. A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
4. (topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.

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