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Frontal vs Wig - What's the difference?

frontal | wig |

As adjectives the difference between frontal and wig

is that frontal is of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack while wig is (aviation|nautical) wing-in-ground.

As a noun frontal

is a drapery covering the front of an altar.

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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    wig

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness; for cultural or religious reasons; for fashion; or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.
  • (dated, among fishermen) An old seal.
  • Synonyms

    * hairpiece * toupee, toupe * peruke * periwig

    Derived terms

    * bald wig * bewigged * fright wig * wigmaker * wig out

    Verb

    (wigg)
  • To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
  • (colloquial) To upbraid, reprimand.
  • (colloquial) To become very excitable or emotional; to lose control of one's emotions.
  • See also

    * earwig * merkin * periwig * peruke