different between catnip vs basil

English

Etymology

Compound of cat +? Middle English nep, from Old English nepte, from Latin nepeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?katn?p/

Noun

catnip (countable and uncountable, plural catnips)

1. Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.

   Synonyms: catmint, catwort

2. Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.

   Coordinate term: silver vine
3. (figuratively) Something that causes excitement or interest.

Translations

Further reading

• catnip on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nepeta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “catnip”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• pancit

Spanish

Noun

catnip m (plural catnips)

1. catnip

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.