appendage vs olecranon process

olecranon process vs appendage

appendage and olecranon process both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appendage	Yes	No	No	No
olecranon process	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, olecranon process is a hyponym of appendage; that is, olecranon process 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
olecranon process: process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended

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, appendix, 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, ridge, excrescence, papilla, enation, plant process, spinous process, maxillary palpus, labial palpus.

appendage (noun)	olecranon process (noun)
a part that is joined to something larger	process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended
an external body part that projects from the body
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

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