Difference between Molar and Tooth

What is the difference between Molar and Tooth?

Molar as a noun is a back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food. while Tooth as a noun is a hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.

Molar

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding. Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution. Of, or relating to a complete body of matter as distinct from its molecular or atomic constituents.

Tooth

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.

Example sentence: We desire and thirst for freedom, democracy and the rule of law just like anyone else. And we are prepared to fight tooth and nail for all of those things.

We hope you now know whether to use Molar or Tooth in your sentence.

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