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Sulcus vs Notch - What's the difference?

sulcus | notch |

As nouns the difference between sulcus and notch

is that sulcus is a furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue while notch is a V-shaped cut.

As a verb notch is

to cut a notch in (something).

sulcus

English

Noun

(wikipedia sulcus) (sulci)
  • (anatomy) a furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue
  • (anatomy) any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain
  • (planetology) subparallel grooves and ditches formed by geological processes
  • Derived terms

    * calcaneal sulcus * central sulcus * cingulate sulcus * coronal sulcus * interlabial sulcus * intermammary sulcus * lacrimal sulcus (sulcus lacrimalis) * lateral sulcus * malleolar sulcus * postcentral sulcus * preauricular sulcus * precentral sulcus * radial sulcus (musculospiral groove) * sagittal sulcus * sigmoid sulcus * sulcal * * sulcus tubae auditivae * tympanic sulcus ----

    notch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A V-shaped cut.
  • Such a cut, used for keeping a record
  • ''The notches in that tribe's warrior axe handles stand for killed enemies.
  • An indentation.
  • A mountain pass; a defile
  • (informal) A level or degree.
  • ''This car is a notch better than the other.
  • * 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " 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 notch

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cut a notch in (something).
  • To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.
  • The tribe's hunters notch their kills by notches on each's axe's handle.
  • To join by means of notches.
  • To achieve (something).
  • The team notched a pair of shutout wins on Sunday.
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  • Derived terms

    * notcher * notchy