coronal vs coronate

coronal

adj
  • Relating to a crown or coronation. 

  • Relating to the corona of a star. 

  • Relating to the coronal plane that divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front). 

  • Relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue. 

  • Relating to the corona of a flower. 

noun
  • The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands. 

  • A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue. 

  • A wreath or garland of flowers. 

  • A crown or coronet. 

coronate

adj
  • Having or wearing a crown; crowned. 

  • Having a crest or a crownlike appendage. 

  • Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished. 

  • Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines. 

verb
  • To crown (a sovereign). 

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