Mural vs Parietal - What's the difference?
mural | parietal |
Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.
* Milton
* Evelyn
Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.
Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
Of or relating to the parietal bones
Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
* 1856 , B. H. Hall
Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.
(skeleton) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
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As adjectives the difference between mural and parietal
is that mural is of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall while parietal is parietal.As a noun mural
is a large painting, usually drawn on a wall.mural
English
Adjective
(-)- a mural quadrant
- Disburden'd Heav'n rejoiced, and soon repair'd / Her mural breach
- In the nectarine and the like delicate mural fruit, the later your pruning, the better.
- a mural precipice
Derived terms
* mural circle * mural crown ----parietal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.
- At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.