The difference between Panicle and Tassel

When used as nouns, panicle means a compound raceme, whereas tassel means a ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the tassel is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end. tassels are normally decorative elements, and as such one often finds them attached, usually along the bottom hem, to garments, curtains or other hangings.

Tassel is also verb with the meaning: to adorn with tassels.

check bellow for the other definitions of Panicle and Tassel

  1. Panicle as a noun (botany):

    A compound raceme.

  1. Tassel as a noun:

    A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the tassel is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end. Tassels are normally decorative elements, and as such one often finds them attached, usually along the bottom hem, to garments, curtains or other hangings.

  2. Tassel as a noun (botany):

    The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.

  3. Tassel as a noun:

    The loose hairs at the end of a braid.

  4. Tassel as a noun:

    A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewed to a book to be put between the pages.

  5. Tassel as a noun (architecture):

    A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers.

  6. Tassel as a noun:

    A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.

  7. Tassel as a noun:

    A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.

  1. Tassel as a verb:

    To adorn with tassels.

  2. Tassel as a verb (botany):

    To put forth a tassel or flower.

    Examples:

    "Maize is a crop that tassels."

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