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What is the different between the position of the human brain and that of other animals?

The human brain is at the top of the head, behind the forehead. The brains of other animals are behind their faces. Compared with the brain of an animal, the human brain has became enormous and room has had to be found somewhere for it. It is the size of our brain that more than anything else distinguishes us from …

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What is the difference between creepers and climbers?

Both creepers and climbers are weak-stemmed plants and, hence, cannot grow erect without support. The difference is that creepers spread horizontally along the soil. At the nodal regions – where leaves grow – they produce fibre-like roots arising from the base of the stem, which get fixed and grow further. Such stems in creepers are called prostrate stems. Climbers take …

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What is the difference between Artisan Well and Spring?

Whenever it rains, the soil absorbs the water. The water goes down into the ground. When it reaches down to such as place where a porous rock or sand is surrounded by hard rocks, it is collected there. A pressure is built up due to hard rocks around it. When we dig a hole in the ground and it gives …

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What is the difference between an Atom Bomb and Hydrogen Bomb?

An Atom bomb releases energy generated by the breaking apart of plutonium or uranium nuclei. A hydrogen bomb release energy created when atoms of an isotope of hydrogen are brought together. It takes an atom bomb, to create the conditions to operate a hydrogen bomb so a fission device is installed to trigger a fusion, or thermonuclear, explosion, duplicating conditions …

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What is the difference between alligators and crocodiles?

The crocodiles, alligators, caimans and the gavial make up a group of about twenty reptiles. They all have the same basic appearance and, like the turtles and terrapins, they are all amphibious. The alligator differs from the crocodile in having shorter and broader snout although there is yet another, more definite difference. In both animals the fourth tooth of the …

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What is the difference between a star and a planet?

Stars are hot bodies that give out light of their own, whereas planets shine only by reflecting light. Stars are composed of gas, but planets can be either gaseous or solid. The earth is a solid planet. Jupiter is a gaseous one. Nine planets orbit the Sun. In order of distance from the Sun, the are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, …

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What is the difference between a fruit and a vegetable?

In 1893 the United States Supreme Court tried to clarify the differences between a fruit and a vegetable by saying that vegetables are eaten as part of the main course of a meal, but fruit is eaten as an appetizer or dessert, or for a snack. But as with so many words, there is one definition, which is correct according …

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What is the difference between a computer screen and a gaming console?

The primary device for the PC is a keyboard and mouse, while all console systems come with game pads used to control movement within the game. Technically, a computer game can be thought of as one composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe. A video game is a computer game where a video display is the primary feedback, which is displayed …

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What is the Delta Triangle?

The Delta Triangle is an imaginary uninhabited sector of the Milky Way galaxy that finds a mention in the series/ film ‘Star Trek’, with a lot of similarities with the infamous Bermuda Triangle on Earth. Like the Bermuda Triangle, the Delta Triangle also has the unusual ability to cause star ship sensors fluctuate in a state of chaos while within …

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