carpal vs triquetral bone

triquetral bone vs carpal

carpal and triquetral bone both are nouns.

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

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

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

carpal: any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
triquetral bone: a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones

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

carpal (noun)	triquetral bone (noun)
any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates	a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones

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

Difference between carpal and triquetral bone

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