Difference between Thyrsus and Thyrse

What is the difference between Thyrsus and Thyrse?

Thyrsus as a noun is a staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by bacchus or his followers. while Thyrse as a noun is a type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes

Thyrsus

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.

Thyrse

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxesA thyrsus

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