appendage vs appendix

appendix vs appendage

appendage and appendix both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appendage	Yes	No	No	No
appendix	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, appendix is a hyponym of appendage; that is, appendix is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than appendage:

appendage: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
appendix: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

Other hyponyms of appendage include horn, horn, crest, pseudopod, pseudopodium, flagellum, hair, cirrus, spine, aculea, style, villus, tail, fetlock, tentacle, arista, acromial process, acromion, ala, alveolar arch, alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge, acrosome, caruncle, caruncula, condyle, coronoid process, processus coronoideus, epicondyle, fimbria, apophysis, spicule, spiculum, osteophyte, papilla, papilla, cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal, styloid process, pterygoid process, eminence, tubercle, tuberosity, zygomatic process, trochanter, transverse process, odontoid process, metaphysis, olecranon, olecranon process, ridge, excrescence, papilla, enation, plant process, spinous process, maxillary palpus, labial palpus.

appendage (noun)	appendix (noun)
a part that is joined to something larger	a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
an external body part that projects from the body	supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

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