Difference between Navel and Omphalos

What is the difference between Navel and Omphalos?

Navel as a noun is the indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth. while Omphalos as a noun is an ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.

Navel

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

Example sentence: I don't have the time or the desire to gaze at my navel.

Omphalos

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.The theological proposition that the world was created with certain indicia of a history which had not actually occurred (such as the humans who had never been connected to umbilical cords being created with navels).

We hope you now know whether to use Navel or Omphalos in your sentence.

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