different between moth vs inchworm
moth
English
Etymology 1
Germanic: from Old English moþþe, cognate with Dutch mot, German Motte.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m??/
- (General American) enPR: môth, IPA(key): /m??/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /m??/, enPR: m?th
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
moth (plural moths)
- A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
- (figuratively) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
Synonyms
- lep
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
moth (third-person singular simple present moths, present participle mothing, simple past and past participle mothed)
- (intransitive) To hunt for moths.
See also
- butterfly
- caterpillar
- worm
Etymology 2
From Hindi ??? (mo?h); see moth bean.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m??t/
- (General American) enPR: m?t, IPA(key): /mo?t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
moth (countable and uncountable, plural moths)
- The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean.
Synonyms
- (Vigna aconitifolia): Turkish gram, mat bean, matki
Derived terms
- moth bean
- moth flour
Translations
References
- Vigna aconitifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Vigna aconitifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Vigna aconitifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- moth at USDA Plants database
Etymology 3
Noun
moth (plural moths)
- Obsolete form of mote.
- So that, dear lords, if I be left behind, / A moth of peace, and he go to the war, / The rites for which I love him are bereft me, / And I a heavy interim shall support / By his dear absence. Let me go with him.
- (dated) A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.
- 1895, Good Housekeeping, page 196, ISSN: 0731-3462
- To remove moth patches, wash the spots with a solution of common bicarbonate of soda and water several times a day, until the patches are removed, which will usually be in forty-eight hours.
- 1999, R. L. Gupta, Directory of Diseases & Cures: In Homoeopathy, page 254, ?ISBN.
- Craves for sour things, chalks and eggs, fatty people with light brown spots on the face or liver spots, moth patches on forehead and cheek.
- 2005, J. D. Patil, Textbook of Applied Materia Medica, page 108, ?ISBN.
- There are signs of liver affections as weakness, yellow complexion, liver spots, and moth spot like a saddle over the nose.
- 1895, Good Housekeeping, page 196, ISSN: 0731-3462
References
Anagrams
- Thom
Old Irish
Etymology
The word also carried the original meaning of "male organ," from Proto-Celtic *muto-, from Proto-Indo-European *mHú-to- (“strong one”), perhaps later "penis," related to Hittite [script needed] (m?wa, “something awe-inspiring”) and Luwian [script needed] (m?wa-, “to overpower”), possibly also Latin muto (“penis”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?/
Noun
moth m
- amazement, stupor
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 68b9
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 68b9
Declension
Mutation
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 moth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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inchworm
English
Etymology
inch +? worm. So called because their gradual movement seems to be measuring the ground; compare measuring worm.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??nt?.w??m/
- (US) IPA(key): /??nt?.w?m/
Noun
inchworm (plural inchworms)
- The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
Verb
inchworm (third-person singular simple present inchworms, present participle inchworming, simple past and past participle inchwormed)
- To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
- To crawl or creep slowly.
Synonyms
- (larva): geometrid, looper, measuring worm, spanworm
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