different between efferous vs efferent

English

Etymology

From Latin efferus (“savage”), from ex (“intensifier”) + ferus (“wild”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f???s/

Adjective

efferous (comparative more efferous, superlative most efferous)

1. (obsolete) Like a wild beast; fierce.
   • 1614, John King, Vitis Palatina

     From the teeth of that efferous beast, from the tusk of the wild boar, – O Thou, that art the root and generation of David, preserve our root and all his generation.

English

Etymology

From Latin effer?ns, present active participle of effer? (“bring or carry out”), from ? (“out of”), short form of ex, + fer? (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.f??.?nt/, IPA^(key): /??.f?.r?nt/

Adjective

efferent (not comparable)

1. Carrying away from.

2. Carried outward.

Antonyms

• afferent

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

efferent (plural efferents)

1. A duct or stream that carries away.

Related terms

• elate
• elated
• elation

Further reading

• efferent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• efferent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• efferent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Danish

Etymology

From Latin effer?ns

Adjective

efferent

1. (anatomy) carrying away from a central organ

Inflection

Further reading

• “efferent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

efferent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of effer?