Frons vs Frontal - What's the difference?

frons | frontal |

As nouns the difference between frons and frontal

is that frons is while frontal is a drapery covering the front of an altar.

As an adjective frontal is

of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack .

frons

English

Noun

(anatomy) In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.

(entomology) The front part of the epicranium or head capsule of many insects; generally speaking the frons is the area below or between the antennae and above the clypeus. Generally it lies between the genal or "cheek" areas on either side of the head.

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frontal

English

Adjective

(-)

Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack.

(anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.

(anatomy) Of or relating to the frontal plane.

Of or relating to a weather front.

Derived terms

* frontal bone * frontal lobe * full frontal nudity

Noun

(en noun)

A drapery covering the front of an altar.

The of a building.

(skeleton) The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.

Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.

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