different between faucal vs faucial

English

Alternative forms

• faucial

Etymology

Latin fauces (“throat”).

Adjective

faucal (not comparable)

1. Relating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.

Noun

faucal (plural faucals)

1. (phonetics) A sound produced in the fauces.
   • I. Taylor, The Alphabet

     Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals.

Usage notes

Both faucal and faucial are used and accepted. Faucial is generally used in medicine; faucal more often in phonetics. Faucal seems to have more etymological validity with respect to both the Latin and English roots. The Latin root is faux. Latin nouns in -ux retain no affix in combination with -alis; the proper Latin construction is faucalis, compare: Latin vocalis/English vocal, Latin ducalis/English ducal.

Related terms

• faucalize
• faucalized
• faucalization

Anagrams

• facula

English

Alternative forms

• faucal

Etymology

From (the stem of) Latin fauc?s +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f????l/

Adjective

faucial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.
   • 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘William Wilson’:

     I could find, indeed, but one vulnerable point […]; my rival had a weakness in the faucial or guttural organs, which precluded him from raising his voice at any time above a very low whisper.