Codex vs. Tome
Difference Between Codex and Tome
Codex➦
The codex (plural codices () was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials.
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Tome➦
a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one
a weighty tome
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Codex➦
A manuscript volume, especially of a classic work or of the Scriptures.
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Tome➦
One of the books in a work of several volumes.
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Codex➦
An early manuscript book.
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Tome➦
A book, especially a large or scholarly one.
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Codex➦
A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
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Tome➦
One in a series of volumes.
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Codex➦
An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.
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Tome➦
A large or scholarly book.
The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
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Codex➦
A book; a manuscript.
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Tome➦
As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; - usually applied to a ponderous volume.
Tomes of fable and of dream.
A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to be found in all the tomes of the casuists.
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Codex➦
A collection or digest of laws; a code.
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Tome➦
a (usually) large and scholarly book
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Codex➦
An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.
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Codex➦
A collection of canons.
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Codex➦
an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.
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Codex➦
an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)
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