different between skerrick vs granule
skerrick
English
Etymology
Origin unknown. Originally used in British dialect.
Pronunciation
Noun
skerrick (plural skerricks)
- (now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A very small amount or portion, particularly used in the negative.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 117:
- When he reached this point in his madness, it disabled whatever skerrick of common sense he might have had even to save himself.
- 2007, Kennedy Warne, Blue Haven, National Geographic (April 2007), 74,
- "And all I can think is that they're seeing a crumb, a skerrick of what it once was".
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 117:
References
Anagrams
- Kerricks
skerrick From the web:
granule
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin granulum, diminutive of Latin granum (“grain”); for more, see grain.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???anju?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /???ænjul/, /???ænj?l/
Noun
granule (plural granules)
- A tiny grain, a small particle.
- (biology) A small structure in a cell.
- (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).
Related terms
- grain
- granular
- granularity
- granulate
- granulation
Translations
Further reading
- granule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- granule in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- langure, unregal
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: granulent, granules
Verb
granule
- first-person singular present indicative of granuler
- third-person singular present indicative of granuler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
- second-person singular imperative of granuler
Spanish
Verb
granule
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of granular.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of granular.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of granular.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of granular.
granule From the web:
- what granules are present in granulocytes
- what granules are in neutrophils
- what granules do eosinophils contain
- what granules are extruded from the keratinocytes
- what granules contain glycolipids
- what granules do basophils have
- what granules do neutrophils contain
- what granule cell
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