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Genial vs Genal - What's the difference?

genial | genal |

In anatomy terms the difference between genial and genal

is that genial is genian; relating to the chin while genal is of or relating to the cheeks.

As adjectives the difference between genial and genal

is that genial is friendly and cheerful while genal is of or relating to the cheeks.

genial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • friendly and cheerful
  • (especially of weather) pleasantly mild and warm
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , The well breath'd youth, hot-mettled, and flush with genial juices, was now fairly in for making me know my driver. }}
  • marked by genius
  • * 2003 , Laura Fermi, Gilberto Bernardini, Galileo and the Scientific Revolution , Courier Dover Publications, page 111 [http://books.google.com/books?id=qGsZ4YmjhFwC&pg=PA111&dq=genial+idea+date:1940-2009&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES]:
  • About fifty years later, in 1675, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644-1710) had the genial idea of using astronomical rather than terrestrial distances.
  • (anatomy) genian; relating to the chin
  • Derived terms

    * congenial

    Anagrams

    * ----

    genal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (anatomy) Of or relating to the cheeks
  • Synonyms

    * buccal