carpal vs trapezoid bone

trapezoid bone vs carpal

carpal and trapezoid bone both are nouns.

carpal is an adjective but trapezoid bone is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carpal	Yes	Yes	No	No
trapezoid bone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, trapezoid bone is a hyponym of carpal; that is, trapezoid bone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than carpal:

carpal: any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
trapezoid bone: the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones

Other hyponyms of carpal include navicular, os scaphoideum, scaphoid bone, lunate bone, os lunatum, semilunar bone, cuneiform bone, os triquetrum, pyramidal bone, triquetral, triquetral bone, os pisiforme, pisiform, pisiform bone, os trapezium, trapezium, trapezium bone, os trapezoideum, trapezoid, capitate, capitate bone, os capitatum, hamate, hamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bone.

carpal (noun)	trapezoid bone (noun)
any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates	the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones

carpal (adjective)	trapezoid bone (adjective)
of or relating to the wrist

Difference between carpal and trapezoid bone

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