deciduous vs temporal

deciduous

adj
  • Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting. 

  • Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season. 

  • Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development. 

temporal

adj
  • Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal. 

  • Of or relating to time as distinguished from space. 

  • Relating to or denoting time or tense. 

  • Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits. 

  • Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical. 

  • Lasting for a short time only. 

  • Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time. 

noun
  • Anything temporal or secular; a temporality. 

  • Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales. 

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