The difference between Caruncle and Snood

When used as nouns, caruncle means a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy, whereas snood means a band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in scotland and northern england by young unmarried women.


Snood is also verb with the meaning: to keep the hair in place with a snood.

check bellow for the other definitions of Caruncle and Snood

  1. Caruncle as a noun:

    A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy.

  2. Caruncle as a noun:

    A similar excrescence near the hilum of some seeds.

  1. Snood as a noun:

    A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women.

  2. Snood as a noun:

    A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.

  3. Snood as a noun:

    The flap of red skin on the beak of a male turkey.

  4. Snood as a noun:

    A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.

  5. Snood as a noun:

    A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm; neckwarmer.

  1. Snood as a verb:

    To keep the hair in place with a snood.