different between basil vs rosemary

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?bæz.?l/
  • Rhymes: -æz?l
  • Homophone: Basil
• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /?be?.z?l/
  • Rhymes: -e?z?l

Etymology 1

From Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (basilikón, “royal”), from ???????? (basileús, “king”).

Noun

basil (usually uncountable, plural basils)

1. A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
2. The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
3. Any other species in the genus Ocimum.

Synonyms

• (plant): albahaca, St. Joseph's wort, sweet basil

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• basil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ocimum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ocimum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Variant of bezel.

Noun

basil (plural basils)

1. The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.
   • 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises

     apply it to the Basil of your Iron, in such a Position, that it may bear upon the whole breadth of the Basil ; and so working the Stone over the Basil , you will quickly wear the courser grating

Verb

basil (third-person singular simple present basils, present participle basilling, simple past and past participle basilled)

1. (transitive) To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.

Synonyms

• bevel, sharpen

Etymology 3

Corrupted from English basan, from French basane, from Late Latin basanium, from Arabic ???????? (bi??na, “lining”).

Noun

basil (plural basils)

1. The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

Synonyms

• basan, bazil

Anagrams

• Bails, Blais, Salib, bails, labis, sabil

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch bacil, from French bacille, from German Bazillus or translingual Bacillus, coined by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bas?l]
• Hyphenation: ba?sil

Noun

basil

1. bacillus

Etymology 2

From English basil, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (basilikón, “royal”), from ???????? (basileús, “king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bas?l]
• Hyphenation: ba?sil

Noun

basil

1. basil

Further reading

• “basil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

English

Etymology

rose +? Mary. From Middle English rosmary, rosemarye, alteration (based on rose + Mary) of earlier Middle English rosmarine, rosemaryn, partly from Old French rosmarin, partly directly from Latin r?smar?nus (“rosemary”), from r?s (“dew, moisture”) +? mar?nus (“marine, of the sea”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????zm??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?z?m???i/

Noun

rosemary (usually uncountable, plural rosemaries)

1. A shrub, Rosmarinus officinalis, that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.

Synonyms

• rosmarine (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• rosemary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rosmarinus officinalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rosmarinus officinalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons