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breast vs mammary gland

mammary gland vs breast

breast and mammary gland both are nouns.

breast is a verb but mammary gland is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
breast Yes No Yes No
mammary gland Yes No No No
As nouns, mammary gland is a hypernym of breast; that is, mammary gland is a word with a broader meaning than breast:
  • breast: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
  • mammary gland: milk-secreting organ of female mammals
Other hypernyms of breast include mamma.
breast (noun) mammary gland (noun)
the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest milk-secreting organ of female mammals
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
meat carved from the breast of a fowl
breast (verb) mammary gland (verb)
confront bodily
reach the summit (of a mountain)
meet at breast level
Difference between breast and mammary gland

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