different between calamity vs horsetail

English

Etymology

From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamit?s (“loss, damage; disaster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??læm?ti/
• Hyphenation: ca?lam?i?ty

Noun

calamity (plural calamities)

1. An event resulting in great loss.
2. The distress that results from some disaster.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]

     They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:disaster

Related terms

• calamitous

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• horse tail

Etymology

From Middle English horsetaile, horstaile, equivalent to horse +? tail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??(?)s.te?l/

Noun

horsetail (plural horsetails)

1. (literally) The tail of a horse. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (botany) Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.
3. (military) A Turkish standard denoting rank.

4. (botany) A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.
5. Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time.
6. (anatomy) cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.
7. (rare) A ponytail hairstyle.
   • 2011, George Romero, The Rescue (page 160)

     They were psychic mediums that wore a horsetail hairstyle. They believed that their long hair acted as cosmic antennae to receive alien communication from beyond.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Equisetum
• Equisetum subg. Hippochaete (syn. Hippochaete)
• scouring rush

Further reading

• horse tail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Equisetum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Equisetum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Equisetum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• aeroliths, isotheral