anterior vs tooth

tooth vs anterior

anterior and tooth both are nouns.

anterior is an adjective but tooth is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anterior	Yes	Yes	No	No
tooth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tooth is a hypernym of anterior; that is, tooth is a word with a broader meaning than anterior:

anterior: a tooth situated at the front of the mouth
tooth: hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

anterior (noun)	tooth (noun)
a tooth situated at the front of the mouth	a means of enforcement
	toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
	something resembling the tooth of an animal
	one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
	hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

anterior (adjective)	tooth (adjective)
of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
earlier in time

Difference between anterior and tooth

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