What's the difference between beneaped and neaped?
Beneaped
Definition:
(a.) See Neaped.
Example Sentences:
Neaped
Definition:
(a.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.
Example Sentences:
(1) The tidal influence was most obvious during spring tides; and for the effect of bathers, during neap tides.
(2) Behavioral and developmental rhythms of some species inhabiting the intertidal zone of sea-coasts as well as some species of tropical lakes and forests have adapted to environmental cycles which are determined by the moon (the semi-diurnal tides, the semi-monthly cycle of springs and neaps, and the changes in moon-light during the night).
(3) So far there is no evidence that synchronization is achieved by absolute differences between tidal variables at neap and spring tides.