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Coroner vs Coronial - What's the difference?

coroner | coronial |

As a noun coroner

is a public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths.

As an adjective coronial is

of, by or pertaining to a coroner.

coroner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths.
  • (Canada, US) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.
  • The administrative head of a sheading.

    • Hyponyms

    * (who presides over an inquest) medical examiner, ME (if he performs autopsies)

    External links

    * ("coroner" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

    * crooner ----

    coronial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, by or pertaining to a coroner
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 22, author=Melissa Iaria, title=Cleared of killing after 48 years, work=Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=But, overturning the 1961 coronial finding, Victorian coroner John Olle ruled Ms Kramer's mother, Phyllis Loomes, had put the bag over Margaret's head. }}