The difference between Leonine and Pollard
When used as nouns, leonine means a 13th-century coin minted in europe and used in england as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under edward i, whereas pollard means a pruned tree.
Leonine is also adjective with the meaning: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lion.
Pollard is also verb with the meaning: to prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.
check bellow for the other definitions of Leonine and Pollard
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Leonine as an adjective:
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lion.
Examples:
"His leonine face scared the young children."
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Leonine as a noun (numismatics, historical):
A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
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Leonine as a noun (poetry):
A kind of Latin verse, generally alternate hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end.
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Pollard as a noun (often, attributive):
A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
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Pollard as a noun:
A buck deer that has shed its antlers.
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Pollard as a noun:
A hornless variety of domestic animal, as cattle or goats.
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Pollard as a noun (obsolete, rare):
A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.
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Pollard as a noun (now, _, Australian):
A fine grade of bran including some flour.
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Pollard as a noun (numismatics, historical):
A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of , at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
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Pollard as a verb (horticulture):
To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.