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Jugular vs Carotid - What's the difference?

jugular | carotid |

As adjectives the difference between jugular and carotid

is that jugular is relating to, or located near, the neck or throat while carotid is relating to these arteries.

As nouns the difference between jugular and carotid

is that jugular is vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart. Properly this is called the jugular vein while carotid is any of a number of major arteries in the head and neck.

jugular

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
  • (zoology, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
  • (humorous) Relating to juggling.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart. Properly this is called the jugular vein.
  • By extension, any critical vulnerability.
    • It was vicious; he went for the jugular .

    Usage notes

    The plural form (jugulars) is almost never used.

    Quotations

    * One of Lionel's old Salthill friends with whom he exchanged perhaps a dozen words a year, and with whom he sometimes played squash, and tennis, both men killers on the court, seeking the jugular [...]. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 83)

    Synonyms

    * jugular vein

    Derived terms

    * go for the jugular

    carotid

    English

    (wikipedia carotid)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) Any of a number of major arteries in the head and neck.

    • Synonyms

    * carotid artery

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to these arteries