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Mural vs Parietal - What's the difference?

mural | parietal |

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

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.
  • a mural quadrant
  • * Milton
  • Disburden'd Heav'n rejoiced, and soon repair'd / Her mural breach
  • * Evelyn
  • In the nectarine and the like delicate mural fruit, the later your pruning, the better.
  • Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.
  • a mural precipice

    Derived terms

    * mural circle * mural crown ----

    parietal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
  • Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.
  • Of or relating to the parietal bones
  • Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
  • * 1856 , B. H. Hall
  • At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.
  • Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.
  • Derived terms

    * parietal bone * parietal lobe * parietal pleura

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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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