As nouns the difference between oval and koban
is that oval is oval while koban is an oval gold coin in the edo period of feudal japan or koban can be a small community police office or a police box, especially one in japan.
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.
koban
English
Etymology 1
(etyl)
Noun
(
en noun)
An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.
Etymology 2
(etyl)
Noun
(
en noun)
A small community police office or a police box, especially one in Japan.
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==Serbo-Croatian==
Adjective
fatal, baleful, ominous
tragic, unlucky
Declension
(sh-adj-defindef)
