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Postillion vs Posterior - What's the difference?

postillion | posterior |

As nouns the difference between postillion and posterior

is that postillion is an alternative spelling of postilion while posterior is the buttocks.

As an adjective posterior is

located behind, or towards the rear of an object.

postillion

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • posterior

    English

    Alternative forms

    * posteriour (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.
  • Following in order or in time.
  • (anatomy) Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
  • (botany) Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.

    • Synonyms

    * (located behind or towards the rear) rear, hinder, back * (Following in order or in time) later

    Antonyms

    * anterior

    Derived terms

    * posteriorly

    Coordinate terms

    * *

    Related terms

    * See post- * posteriorize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (euphemistic) The buttocks.

    • Anagrams

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