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Buccal vs Bucca - What's the difference?

buccal | bucca |

Bucca is a descendant of buccal.



As an adjective buccal

is of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth.

As a noun bucca is

a storm spirit in Cornish folklore, formerly believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.

buccal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth.
  • (dentistry, of a premolar or molar) On the side facing the cheek.
  • (medicine, of a drug) Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip.
  • Antonyms

    * (of a tooth) lingual

    Synonyms

    * genal

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Derived terms

    * buccal cavity * buccal pumping * transbuccal ----

    bucca

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) A storm spirit in Cornish folklore, formerly believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.
  • * 2008 , Oliver Berry, Belinda Dixon, Devon, Cornwall & Southwest England (page 273)
  • a fabled menagerie of fairies, buccas , sprites and giants
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