carpal vs unciform bone

unciform bone vs carpal

carpal and unciform bone both are nouns.

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

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

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

carpal: any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
unciform bone: the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers

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, trapezoid bone, capitate, capitate bone, os capitatum, hamate, hamate bone, os hamatum.

carpal (noun)	unciform bone (noun)
any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates	the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers

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

Difference between carpal and unciform bone

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