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Dorsal vs Dorsel - What's the difference?

dorsal | dorsel |

As nouns the difference between dorsal and dorsel

is that dorsal is (art) a hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc while dorsel is a pannier.

As an adjective dorsal

is (anatomy) with respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

dorsal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
  • (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
  • (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
  • (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
  • (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
  • (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

    • Antonyms

    * ventral

    Coordinate terms

    * * (linguistics) labial, coronal, radical, laryngeal

    Derived terms

    * dorsal fin * dorsally

    Related terms

    * endorse, indorse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
  • In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    dorsel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pannier.
    • (Webster 1913)