articulation vs knee

knee vs articulation

articulation and knee both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
articulation	Yes	No	No	No
knee	Yes	No	No	No

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

articulation: (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
knee: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

Other hyponyms of articulation include fetlock, fetlock joint, hock-joint, hock, stifle, elbow, fibrous joint, sutura, suture, articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis, synovial joint.

articulation (noun)	knee (noun)
the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible	joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)	the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee
the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech	hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
expressing in coherent verbal form
the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

Difference between articulation and knee

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.