Sino-Tibetan vs tongue

tongue vs Sino-Tibetan

Sino-Tibetan and tongue both are nouns.

Sino-Tibetan is not a verb while tongue is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Sino-Tibetan	Yes	No	No	No
tongue	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, tongue is a hypernym of Sino-Tibetan; that is, tongue is a word with a broader meaning than Sino-Tibetan:

Sino-Tibetan: the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia
tongue: a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

Other hypernyms of Sino-Tibetan include natural language.

Sino-Tibetan (noun)	tongue (noun)
the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia	the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
	metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
	a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
	a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
	a manner of speaking
	the tongue of certain animals used as meat
	a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
	any long thin projection that is transient

Sino-Tibetan (verb)	tongue (verb)
	lick or explore with the tongue
	articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

Difference between Sino-Tibetan and tongue

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