The difference between Alveolar and Coronal

Alveolar as an adjective:

Of or relating to an alveolus.

Alveolar as an adjective (anatomy):

Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.

Alveolar as an adjective (anatomy):

Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.

Alveolar as an adjective (phonetics):

Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.

Alveolar as a noun (linguistics):

An alveolar consonant

Coronal as a noun:

A crown or coronet.

Coronal as a noun:

A wreath or garland of flowers.

Coronal as a noun (obsolete):

A variant of colonel.

Coronal as a noun:

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

Coronal as a noun (phonetics):

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

Coronal as an adjective:

relating to a crown or coronation

Coronal as an adjective (astronomy):

relating to the corona of a star

Coronal as an adjective (botany):

relating to the corona of a flower

Coronal as an adjective (phonetics):

relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue

Coronal as an adjective (anatomy):

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