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Cranium vs Separatory - What's the difference?

cranium | separatory |

As nouns the difference between cranium and separatory

is that cranium is the skull of a vertebrate while separatory is (obsolete|chemistry) an apparatus used in separating, such as a separating funnel.

As an adjective separatory is

used to separate.

cranium

English

(wikipedia cranium)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The skull of a vertebrate.
  • That part of the skull enclosing the brain, the braincase.

    • Derived terms

    * cranial * cranially * hemicrania * hemicraniectomy * hemicraniotomy

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    separatory

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Used to separate.
    • A separatory funnel is a piece of laboratory glassware used in liquid-liquid extractions to separate (partition) the components of a mixture.

    Noun

    (separatories)
  • (obsolete, chemistry) An apparatus used in separating, such as a separating funnel.
  • (obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.