Difference between Buccal and Oral

What is the difference between Buccal and Oral?

Buccal as an adjective is of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth. while Oral as an adjective is relating to the mouth.

Buccal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth. On the side facing the cheek. Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip.

Oral

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to the mouth.Spoken rather than written.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Short for an oral test or oral exam, particularly in a language class.Short for a physical oral examination or oral exam.Short for oral sex.

Example sentence: It is hardly an exaggeration to say that oral teachers and sign teachers found it difficult to sit down in the same room without quarreling, and there was intolerance upon both sides. To say 'oral method' to a sign teacher was like waving a red flag in the face of a bull, and to say 'sign language' to an oralist aroused the deepest resentment.

We hope you now know whether to use Buccal or Oral in your sentence.

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