The difference between Coronal and Dorsal

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)

Dorsal as an adjective (anatomy):

With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

Dorsal as an adjective (of a knife):

Having only one sharp side.

Dorsal as an adjective (anatomy):

Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.

Dorsal as an adjective (linguistics, of a sound):

Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

Dorsal as an adjective (botany):

Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.

Dorsal as an adjective (botany):

Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

Dorsal as a noun (art):

A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.

Dorsal as a noun:

In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.

Dorsal as a noun (linguistics):

A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.