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Chordate vs Chordal - What's the difference?

chordate | chordal |

As adjectives the difference between chordate and chordal

is that chordate is of such animals while chordal is (mathematics|music) of, pertaining to, or consisting of chords.

As a noun chordate

is a member of the phylum chordata ; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.

chordate

English

(wikipedia chordate)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A member of the phylum Chordata ; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of such animals.

    • chordal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics, music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of chords.
  • (music) Having an accompaniment of chords rather than a countermelody.
  • (zoology) Having a notochord; chordate

    • Derived terms

    * chordal graph * chordal space * chordal style * chordal theorem * chordal thickness