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Stomach vs Abdominal - What's the difference?

stomach | abdominal |

As nouns the difference between stomach and abdominal

is that stomach is an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion while abdominal is (zoology|obsolete) a fish of the order abdominales.

As a verb stomach

is to tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.

As an adjective abdominal is

of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral .

stomach

English

(wikipedia stomach)

Alternative forms

* stomack

Noun

(en noun)
  • An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
  • (informal) The belly.
  • (obsolete) Pride, haughtiness.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vii:
    • Sterne was his looke, and full of stomacke vaine, / His portaunce terrible, and stature tall […].
  • * 1613 , (William Shakespeare), , IV. ii. 34:
    • He was a man / Of an unbounded stomach , ever ranking / Himself with princes;
  • * John Locke
    • This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach , the will, where the fault lies, must be bent.
  • (obsolete) Appetite.
    • a good stomach for roast beef
  • *, II.ii.1.2:
    • If after seven hours' tarrying he shall have no stomach , let him defer his meal, or eat very little at his ordinary time of repast.
  • * 1591 , (William Shakespeare), , I. ii. 50:
    • You come not home because you have no stomach'. / You have no ' stomach , having broke your fast.
  • (figuratively) Desire, appetite (for something abstract).
    • I have no stomach for a fight today.
  • * 1591 , (William Shakespeare), , IV. iii. 36:
    • That he which hath no stomach to this fight, / Let him depart:

    Synonyms

    * (belly) abdomen, belly, bouk, gut, guts, maw, tummy

    Derived terms

    * sick to one's stomach * stomach lining * the way to a man's heart is through his stomach

    Descendants

    * stummy, tummy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
    • I really can’t stomach jobs involving that much paperwork, but some people seem to tolerate them.
    I can't stomach her cooking.
  • (obsolete) To be angry.
    • (Hooker)
  • (obsolete) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
  • * 1607 , , III. iv. 12:
    • O, my good lord, / Believe not all; or, if you must believe, / Stomach not all.
  • * L'Estrange
    • The lion began to show his teeth, and to stomach the affront.
  • * Milton
    • The Parliament sit in that body to be his counsellors and dictators, though he stomach it.

    Derived terms

    * stomachable * unstomachable

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    abdominal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
    • abdominal muscles
    abdominal cavity
  • (ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.
  • (ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin.
  • (zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.

    • Synonyms

    * (of or pertaining to the abdomen) ventral

    Derived terms

    * abdominal ring

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology, obsolete) A fish of the order Abdominales.

    • Synonyms

    * (fish) Cypriniformes.

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