Phalanx vs Phalangeal - What's the difference?
phalanx | phalangeal |
a large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
* 2007 , The Guardian, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2073710,00.html]
* 2007 , The Guardian, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/freedom/Story/0,,2065311,00.html]
One of the bones of the finger or toe.
An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
(historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
As nouns the difference between phalanx and phalangeal
is that phalanx is a large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose while phalangeal is a phalange (bone of a finger or toe.As a proper noun Phalanx
is the brand name of a radar-controlled rapid fire 20mm Gatling-type machine gun, the Phalanx CIWS (pronounced see-wiz), deployed on U.S. Navy ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles.As an adjective phalangeal is
relating to a phalanx.phalanx
English
(Phalanx bone) (wikipedia phalanx)Noun
(en-noun)- There, the Paisleyites were being held back by another phalanx of soldiers and policemen.
- The Guardian today listed a phalanx of ministers who back the bill, including Tessa Jowell, the culture secretary, Tony McNulty, the policing minister, Andy Burnham, the junior health minister, Ian Pearson, the climate change minister, John Healey, the financial secretary to the Treasury, and Keith Hill, parliamentary private secretary to Tony Blair
