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Oval vs Hypotrich - What's the difference?

oval | hypotrich |

As nouns the difference between oval and hypotrich

is that oval is a shape rather like an egg or an ellipse while hypotrich is any of a group of ciliate protozoa included among the spirotrichs, mostly oval in shape with a rigid pellicle and isolated tufts of cirri on the ventral surface of the cell.

As an adjective oval

is having the shape of an oval.

As a proper noun Oval

is a cricket ground in South London.

oval

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.
  • A sporting arena etc. of this shape.

    • Usage notes

    * Note: an ellipse is a precise mathematical shape, but an oval is not.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the shape of an oval.
  • Of or pertaining to an ovum.
    • oval conceptions

    Derived terms

    * ovaline * ovalish * ovally

    Usage notes

    The adjectives oval, ovate, and ovoid all come from roots meaning "egg-shaped". They are usually denotatively synonymous. A connotation of one end being bigger than the other (which is often true of eggs) may or may not be implied. Of the three, oval is the one mostly likely to connote a symmetrical ellipse.

    hypotrich

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia hypotrich)
  • Any of a group of ciliate protozoa included among the spirotrichs, mostly oval in shape with a rigid pellicle and isolated tufts of cirri on the ventral surface of the cell.