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Bulbar vs Busbar - What's the difference?

bulbar | busbar |

As an adjective bulbar

is of or pertaining to the brainstem.

As a noun busbar is

an electrical conductor that carries a large current, especially one that is part of a power distribution system ; typically a thick strip, or a tube, of copper or aluminium.

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

    busbar

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bus bar

    Noun

    (wikipedia busbar) (en noun)
  • An electrical conductor that carries a large current, especially one that is part of a power distribution system ; typically a thick strip, or a tube, of copper or aluminium.