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bone vs tooth

tooth vs bone

bone and tooth both are nouns.

bone is an adjective but tooth is not an adjective.

bone is a verb but tooth is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bone Yes Yes Yes No
tooth Yes No No No
As nouns, tooth is a hyponym of bone; that is, tooth is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bone:
  • bone: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
  • tooth: hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
bone (noun) tooth (noun)
a shade of white the color of bleached bones a means of enforcement
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
the porous calcified substance from which bones are made 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
bone (adjective) tooth (adjective)
consisting of or made up of bone
bone (verb) tooth (verb)
remove the bones from
study intensively, as before an exam
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