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Ental vs Dental - What's the difference?

ental | dental |

As adjectives the difference between ental and dental

is that ental is (anatomy) relating to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner while dental is of or concerning the teeth, as in dental care .

As a noun dental is

(veterinary medicine) cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.

ental

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (anatomy) Relating to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner.

    • Antonyms

    * ectal (Webster 1913) ----

    dental

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or concerning the teeth, as in dental care .
  • Of or concerning dentistry.
  • (phonetics) Made with the tongue touching the teeth, as in dental fricative .

    • Synonyms

    * (pertaining to teeth)

    Related terms

    * dentist * dentulous * edentulous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
  •  (label) A dental sound.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, cleaning and polishing of animal's teeth) prophy

    Anagrams

    * ----