different between teeth vs edentate

English

Etymology

From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English t?þ, nominative plural of t?þ, from earlier *tœ?þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dóntes, nominative plural of *h?dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Noun

teeth

1. plural of tooth

Noun

teeth pl (plural only)

1. (informal) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

Synonyms

• (plural of "tooth"): chompers, pearly whites, Hampstead Heath
• (ability to be enforced): enforceability

Derived terms

Verb

teeth (third-person singular simple present teeths, present participle teething, simple past and past participle teethed)

1. Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).
   • 1943, Herman Niels Bundesen, Our Babies (page 81)

     Thus, a mother should not think that there is something wrong just because her baby teeths, crawls, walks, or talks earlier or later than her neighbor's baby.

See also

• toothless

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin edentatus.

Adjective

edentate (not comparable)

1. Lacking teeth.

   an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf

2. (zoology) Belonging to the Edentata.

Translations

Noun

edentate (plural edentates)

1. Any mammal that has few or no teeth, but especially the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths of the former order Edentata.

Translations

Anagrams

• attendee