What's the difference between carphology and floccillation?
Carphology
Definition:
(n.) See Floccillation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Picking at the bedclothes and at imaginary objects (carphology and floccillation) are characteristic, as is muscular twitching (subsultus tendinum).
Floccillation
Definition:
(n.) A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases.
Example Sentences:
(1) Picking at the bedclothes and at imaginary objects (carphology and floccillation) are characteristic, as is muscular twitching (subsultus tendinum).