different between faucal vs faunal

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

Etymology

fauna (“animals”) +? -al (“pertaining to”)

Adjective

faunal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to animals.
2. Pertaining to a specific fauna of a given region or time.

Usage notes

A technical term; in conversation, one instead uses animal attributively.

Hyponyms

• bestial

Anagrams

• Naufal