Dorsal vs Superficial - What's the difference?
dorsal | superficial |
(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.
(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.
Shallow, lacking substance.
At face value.
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Of or pertaining to the surface.
Being near the surface.
(rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
(chiefly in plural) A surface detail.
As adjectives the difference between dorsal and superficial
is that dorsal is (anatomy) with respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate while superficial is shallow, lacking substance.As nouns the difference between dorsal and superficial
is that dorsal is (art) a hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc while superficial is (chiefly in plural) a surface detail.dorsal
English
Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* ventralCoordinate terms
* * (linguistics) labial, coronal, radical, laryngealDerived terms
* dorsal fin * dorsallyNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----superficial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
Synonyms
* (of or pertaining to the surface) surficialAntonyms
* in-depth * thorough * (lacking substance) substantiveNoun
(en noun)- He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.
