Navel vs Waist - What's the difference?
navel | waist |
(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.
The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
(nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
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As nouns the difference between navel and waist
is that navel is the indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth while waist is the part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.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.
Synonyms
* belly button (colloquial) * umbilicusDerived terms
* navel-gazing * navel orangeSee also
* innie * outieAnagrams
* ----waist
English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist .
