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Caudal vs Airfoil - What's the difference?

caudal | airfoil |

As nouns the difference between caudal and airfoil

is that caudal is a caudal vertebra while airfoil is (american spelling) a structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.

As an adjective caudal

is (zoology) pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.

caudal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
  • * Darwin
    • the male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes
  • * 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 3:
    • Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.

    Derived terms

    {{der3, caudally , caudal fin , caudal keel , caudal peduncle , precaudal , subcaudal , supracaudal}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A caudal vertebra.

    • airfoil

    English

    Alternative forms

    * aerofoil (British)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (American spelling) A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.
  • (American spelling) A wing of an aircraft.

    • Synonyms

    * (structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air) foil * (wing) wing