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Proximal vs Caudal - What's the difference?

proximal | caudal |

As adjectives the difference between proximal and caudal

is that proximal is closer to the point of attachment or observation while caudal is pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.

As a noun caudal is

a caudal vertebra.

proximal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (anatomy, geology) Closer to the point of attachment or observation.
  • (linguistics) Closer to the speaker.

    • Antonyms

    * (closer to the point of attachment) distal

    Derived terms

    * proximally

    Coordinate terms

    * *

    Related terms

    * proximate

    caudal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
  • * Darwin
    • the male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes
  • * 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 3:
    • Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.

    Derived terms

    {{der3, caudally , caudal fin , caudal keel , caudal peduncle , precaudal , subcaudal , supracaudal}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A caudal vertebra.