The difference between Pavilion and Pinna
When used as nouns, pavilion means an ornate tent, whereas pinna means the visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle.
Pavilion is also verb with the meaning: to furnish with a pavilion.
check bellow for the other definitions of Pavilion and Pinna
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Pavilion as a noun:
An ornate tent.
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Pavilion as a noun:
A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
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Pavilion as a noun:
A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
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Pavilion as a noun (cricket):
The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
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Pavilion as a noun:
A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
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Pavilion as a noun:
The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
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Pavilion as a noun (anatomy):
The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
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Pavilion as a noun (anatomy):
The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
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Pavilion as a noun (military):
A flag, ensign, or banner. A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.
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Pavilion as a noun (heraldry):
A tent used as a bearing.
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Pavilion as a noun:
A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
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Pavilion as a verb (transitive):
To furnish with a pavilion.
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Pavilion as a verb (transitive):
To put inside a pavilion.
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Pavilion as a verb (transitive, figuratively):
To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").
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Pinna as a noun (anatomy):
The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
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Pinna as a noun (botany):
A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.
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Pinna as a noun (zoology):
A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.