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Grove vs Sulcus - What's the difference?

grove | sulcus |

As nouns the difference between grove and sulcus

is that grove is a small forest while sulcus is a furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue.

As a proper noun Grove

is {{surname|habitational|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived near a grove.

grove

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small forest.
  • An orchard of fruit trees.
  • (Druidism, Wicca) A place of worship
  • sulcus

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sulcus) (sulci)
  • (anatomy) a furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue
  • (anatomy) any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain
  • (planetology) subparallel grooves and ditches formed by geological processes
  • Derived terms

    * calcaneal sulcus * central sulcus * cingulate sulcus * coronal sulcus * interlabial sulcus * intermammary sulcus * lacrimal sulcus (sulcus lacrimalis) * lateral sulcus * malleolar sulcus * postcentral sulcus * preauricular sulcus * precentral sulcus * radial sulcus (musculospiral groove) * sagittal sulcus * sigmoid sulcus * sulcal * * sulcus tubae auditivae * tympanic sulcus ----