different between moss vs algae

English

Etymology

From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mos (“marsh, moss”), from Proto-Germanic *mus? (“marsh, moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“moss”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moas (“moss”), West Frisian moas (“moss”), Dutch mos (“moss”), German Low German Moss (“moss”), German Moos (“moss”), Danish mos (“moss”), Swedish mossa (“moss”), Icelandic mosi (“moss”), Latin muscus (“moss”), Russian ??? (mox, “moss”), Polish mech. Doublet of mousse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m?s/
• (US) enPR: môs, IPA^(key): /m?s/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) enPR: mäs, IPA^(key): /m?s/
• Rhymes: -?s
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

moss (countable and uncountable, plural mosses)

1. Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).

   Hypernym: bryophyte

2. (countable) A kind or species of such plants.
3. (informal) Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure.

   Hyponyms: alga, cryptogam, lichen

4. (now chiefly Britain regional) A bog; a fen.

Usage notes

• The plural form mosses is used when more than one kind of moss is meant. The singular moss is used referring to a collection of moss plants of the same kind.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

moss (third-person singular simple present mosses, present participle mossing, simple past and past participle mossed)

1. (intransitive) To become covered with moss.

2. (transitive) To cover (something) with moss.

Translations

See also

• muscoid

Further reading

• moss on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• A New English dictionary on historical principles, Volume 6, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir William Alexander Craigie, Charles Talbut Onions, editors, Clarendon Press, 1908, pages 684-6

Anagrams

• SMOS, SMOs, soms

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• mossál

Etymology

mos +? -j

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mo??]
• Hyphenation: moss
• Rhymes: -o??

Verb

moss

1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of mos

Usage notes

Not to be confused with mos (“to wash”).

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æl.d?i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æl.d?i/, /æl.??/

Noun

algae

1. plural of alga

Noun

algae (usually uncountable, plural algaes)

1. Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.
2. (countable) A particular kind of algae.

Usage notes

• Etymologically, algae is the plural of alga, but algae is sometimes used as an uncountable noun with singular verb agreement (similar to the usage of the word seaweed), or as a count noun to refer to a type of algae. The plural form algaes may be considered nonstandard.

References

Anagrams

• Galea, galea

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?al.?ae?/, [?ä???äe?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?al.d??e/, [??l??d???]

Noun

algae

1. nominative plural of alga
2. genitive singular of alga
3. dative singular of alga
4. vocative plural of alga