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Bulb vs Bulbar - What's the difference?

bulb | bulbar |

As a noun bulb

is any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.

As a verb bulb

is to take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

As an adjective bulbar is

of or pertaining to the brainstem.

bulb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
    • the bulb of the aorta
  • A light bulb.
  • The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
    • the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs .
  • *
  • (nautical) a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.

    • Related terms

    * bulbiferous * bulbil * bulbous

    Derived terms

    * lampbulb * light bulb * flash bulb * tulip bulb

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

    • Anagrams

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    bulbar

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the brainstem.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 27, Barron H. Lerner, A Life Changed but Not Destroyed by Polio, New York Times citation
    • , passage=When she began to have trouble breathing, a sign of severe bulbar polio, she was taken by ambulance to another hospital. }}

    Derived terms

    * corticobulbar * pseudobulbar * retrobulbar