different between antiworm vs antiform

English

Etymology

anti- +? worm

Adjective

antiworm (not comparable)

1. Preventing or countering worms.

   antiworm medicine

2. Opposite to the usual movements or behaviour of a worm (in studies of predators and prey).

   an antiworm stimulus

3. (computing) Countering or preventing worms (self-replicating programs).

Translations

English

Etymology

anti- +? form

Noun

antiform (plural antiforms)

1. (geology) A topographic feature which is composed of sedimentary layers in a convex formation, but may not actually form a real anticline (i.e., the oldest rocks may not be exposed in the middle).
2. (art) A form that defies the usual conventions of artistic forms.
   • 1983, Edith Kurzweil, William Phillips, Writers and Politics: A Partisan Review Reader (page 236)

     Dada forms and antiforms were used as a means of reacting against Abstract Expressionism and abstract art generally […]

Antonyms

• (geology): synform

Hyponyms

• (geology): anticline

Translations

Anagrams

• Fairmont, natiform