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Nape vs Occiput - What's the difference?

nape | occiput |

As nouns the difference between nape and occiput

is that nape is the back part of the neck while occiput is the back part of the head or skull (contradistinct from {{term|sinciput|lang=en}}).

As a verb nape

is to bombard with napalm.

nape

English

(wikipedia nape)

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • The back part of the neck.
    • Synonyms
    * (l), (l) (medicine) * (l), (l) * (l) (of a horse)

    See also

    * hindneck

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) nape, . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A tablecloth.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    Short for napalm.

    Verb

  • To bombard with napalm.

    • References

    Anagrams

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    occiput

    English

    (wikipedia occiput)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (chiefly, anatomy) The (l) part of the (l) or (l) ((l) from sinciput).
  • * 1953 , publication), part II: “Search by the Foundation”, chapter 9: ‘The Conspirators’, page 95, ¶ 8
    • And then came Turbor, who sat quietly and unemotionally through the fifteen minute process, and Munn, who jerked at the first touch of the electrodes, and then spent the session rolling his eyes as though he wished he could turn them backwards and watch through a hole in his occiput .

    Related terms

    * occipital

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