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Orifice vs Hiatus - What's the difference?

orifice | hiatus |

As nouns the difference between orifice and hiatus

is that orifice is a mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as while hiatus is a gap in a series, making it incomplete.

orifice

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as,
  • * the orifice of an artery or vein
  • * the orifice of a wound
  • hiatus

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
  • An interruption, break or pause.
  • An unexpected break from work.
  • The band took a hiatus for three months.
  • (geology) A gap in geological strata.
  • (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
  • Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
  • (linguistics)
  • # A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
  • # The condition of having such a break.
  • Words like'' reality ''and'' naïve ''contain vowels in hiatus .
  • Synonyms

    * break (1)