Navel vs Umbilical - What's the difference?
navel | umbilical |
(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
The central part or point of anything; the middle.
(historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
As nouns the difference between navel and umbilical
is that navel is the indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth while umbilical is a cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft or the like.As an adjective umbilical is
of, or relating to, the navel (umbilicus) or the umbilical cord.navel
English
(wikipedia navel)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Within the navel of this hideous wood, / Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. — Milton.