Antler vs Frontlet - What's the difference?
antler | frontlet |
A branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)
(obsolete) The forehead.
The forehead of an animal, especially of a deer or stag (including the antlers).
An ornament worn on the forehead.
A bandage or medical preparation worn around the head.
*, II.5.1.vi:
*:Frontlets are known to every goodwife: rose-water and vinegar, with a little woman's milk, and nutmegs grated upon a rose-cake applied to both temples.
As nouns the difference between antler and frontlet
is that antler is a branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed. while frontlet is the forehead.antler
English
(wikipedia antler)Noun
(en noun)- While hiking in the woods, I found an antler from a deer .