Temporary vs. Temporal
Difference Between Temporary and Temporal
Temporaryadjective
Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
Temporaladjective
Of or relating to time.
Temporaryadjective
Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.
Temporaladjective
Of limited time; transient; passing; not perpetual.
Temporarynoun
One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.
Temporaladjective
Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to spiritual.
Temporaryadjective
not permanent; not lasting;
politics is an impermanent factor of lifeimpermanent palm cottagesa temperary arrangementtemporary housingTemporaladjective
Lasting a short time only.
Temporaryadjective
lacking continuity or regularity;
an irregular workeremployed on a temporary basisTemporaladjective
Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical.
temporal power; temporal courtsTemporaladjective
of the temples of the head
Temporalnoun
Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
Temporalnoun
(skeleton) Either of the bones on the side of the skull, near the ears.
Temporalnoun
Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.
Temporalnoun
the semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
Temporaladjective
not eternal;
temporal matters of but fleeting momentTemporaladjective
of or relating to or limited by time;
temporal processingtemporal dimensionstemporal and spacial boundariesmusic is a temporal artTemporaladjective
of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit);
temporal boneTemporaladjective
of the material world;
temporal possessions of the churchTemporaladjective
concerned with secular rather than sacred matters;
lords temporal and spiritualTemporaladjective
of this earth or world;
temporal joysour temporal existence
