appendage vs vermiform appendix

vermiform appendix vs appendage

appendage and vermiform appendix both are nouns.

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

As nouns, vermiform appendix is a hyponym of appendage; that is, vermiform 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
vermiform 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, appendix, cecal appendage, 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)	vermiform 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
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

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