Lateral vs. Horizontal
Difference Between Lateral and Horizontal
Lateraladjective
To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
Instead of a promotion, I opted for a lateral move to a similar position in the marketing department.Horizontaladjective
Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
Lateraladjective
Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking.
Horizontaladjective
(marketing) Relating to horizontal markets.
Lateraladjective
(anatomy) Pertaining to the left or right of the body; further from the midline.
The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.A fish senses changes in hydrodynamic pressure with its lateral line.Horizontaladjective
(archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
Lateraladjective
(physics) At right angles to a line of motion or strain.
Horizontaladjective
(wine tasting) Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
Lateraladjective
Pertaining to sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tip of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.
Horizontalnoun
A horizontal component of a structure.
Lateralnoun
An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else.
Horizontalnoun
(geology) horizon
Lateralnoun
(linguistics) A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).
Horizontalnoun
A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum.
Lateralnoun
(American football) A lateral pass.
Horizontalnoun
something that is oriented horizontally
Lateralnoun
(business) An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous position.
Horizontaladjective
parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line;
a horizontal surfacea vertical camera anglethe monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slabmeasure the perpendicular heightLateralverb
To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction.
Lateralverb
(American football) To execute a lateral pass.
Lateralnoun
a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
Lateraladjective
situated at or extending to the side;
the lateral branches of a treeshot out sidelong boughsLateraladjective
lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body;
lateral lemniscus
