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“Plantar” or “Planter”

Overview

plantar / planter are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

plantar: (adjective) relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot.

planter: (noun) the owner or manager of a plantation. (noun) a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground. (noun) a decorative pot for house plants.

Pronunciation

plantar: NA

planter: p·l·AE·n·t·er

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Examples in Context

Examples of “plantar”

  • S1 is associated with ankle plantar flexors.
  • the lateral side of the plantar surface.

Examples of “planter”

  • 1865) was a Florida lawyer, planter and Democratic politician who served
  • the murder of an English planter in Ceylon, which Sam Obeysekere,
  • same parish, also a sugar planter.
  • and worked as a cotton planter in Alabama.
  • Sub-irrigated planter
  • 1910 by descendants of a planter family.
  • David Hunt, Antebellum planter who lived on Woodlawn Plantation
  • Catherine Hunt, the daughter of planter David Hunt, the mansion remained
  • War and a prominent Virginia planter.
  • was the wealthy Maryland Catholic planter Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who


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