Brain vs. Encephalon
Difference Between Brain and Encephalon
Brainnoun
The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
Encephalonnoun
(neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; the brain.
Brainnoun
(informal) An intelligent person.
She was a total brain.Encephalonnoun
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
Brainnoun
(plurale tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
He is the brains behind the scheme.Brainnoun
(in the plural) Intellect.
She has a lot of brains.Brainnoun
(in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
Gerald always acts like he doesn't have a brain.Brainnoun
By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.Brainnoun
oral sex
Brainverb
(transitive) To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
Brainverb
To strike (someone) on the head.
Brainverb
To destroy; to put an end to.
Brainverb
To conceive in the mind; to understand.
Brainnoun
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
Brainnoun
mental ability;
he's got plenty of brains but no common senseBrainnoun
that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason;
his mind wanderedI couldn't get his words out of my headBrainnoun
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality;
Mozart was a child geniushe's smart but he's no EinsteinBrainnoun
the brain of certain animals used as meat
Brainverb
hit on the head
Brainverb
kill by smashing someone's skull
