Sinus vs Notch - What's the difference?
sinus | notch |
(anatomy) A pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus.
A notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of an organ.
(pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, caused by the destruction of tissue.
A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
A V-shaped cut.
Such a cut, used for keeping a record
An indentation.
A mountain pass; a defile
(informal) A level or degree.
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To cut a notch in (something).
To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
To join by means of notches.
To achieve (something).
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As nouns the difference between sinus and notch
is that sinus is sine (abbreviated form: sin ) while notch is a v-shaped cut.As a verb notch is
to cut a notch in (something).sinus
English
Noun
(wikipedia sinus) (sinuses)Derived terms
* sinusitis * ethmoid sinus * frontal sinus * maxillary sinus * sphenoid sinus * paranasal sinusAnagrams
* ----notch
English
Noun
(es)- ''The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.
- ''This car is a notch better than the other.
World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk , 20 June:
- A better team might also have done more to expose Uruguay’s occasionally brittle defence, but England’s speed of thought and movement in their attacking positions was a good notch or two down from the Italy game.
Derived terms
* notch on one's bedpost, notch on the bedpost * notchback * notchboard * top notchVerb
(es)- The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.
- The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
