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Throat vs Thorax - What's the difference?

throat | thorax |

As nouns the difference between throat and thorax

is that throat is the front part of the neck while thorax is the middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body.

As a verb throat

is to utter in the throat; to mutter.

throat

English

Alternative forms

* (all obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The front part of the neck.
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  • The gullet or windpipe.
  • A narrow opening in a vessel.
  • Station throat.
  • The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
    • (Gwilt)
  • (nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
  • (nautical) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
  • (nautical) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
    • (Totten)
  • (shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
  • (botany) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

    • Synonyms

    * (gullet) esophagus (US), gullet, oesophagus (British) * (windpipe) trachea, windpipe * (narrow opening in a vessel) neck, bottleneck (of a bottle)

    Derived terms

    * clear one's throat * cutthroat * deepthroat * Deep Throat * frog in one's throat * have a frog in one's throat * jump down someone's throat * sore throat * station throat * stick in one's throat * throaty * whitethroat

    Related terms

    * throttle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To utter in the throat; to mutter.
    • to throat threats
    (Chapman)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.

    • External links

    * ("throat" on Wikipedia) * * *

    thorax

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • the middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body
  • the region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs

    • Derived terms

    * thoracic * thoracal * thoracic vertebra * thoracoplasty