What's the difference between ferine and verine?

Ferine


Definition:

  • (a.) Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts.
  • (n.) A wild beast; a beast of prey.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Arco 8 (around €14pp for petiscos and drinks, Avenida Abel Ferin Coutinho) is an art gallery, performance space and cafe, and serves killer mojitos, while Colégio 27 (€27pp plus wine, including music, Rua Carvalho Araujo 27) specialises in live jazz.
  • (2) Porth Iago and Porth Ferin, near Aberdaron, Gwynedd Porth Iago beach, Wales Photograph: Rob Smith These two coves are separated by a short walk along one of the newest parts of the Wales Coast Path.
  • (3) Porth Ferin, the more secluded of the two, faces directly north, with wet sand and smooth pebbles competing for space at its lowest tide.

Verine


Definition:

  • (n.) An alkaloid obtained as a yellow amorphous substance by the decomposition of veratrine.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We report on the isolation of two bovine cardiac troponin isoforms which differ in sequence near the amino terminus of troponin T (Risnik, V. V., Verin, A. D., and Gusev, N. B.

Words possibly related to "ferine"

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