connective tissue vs cutis

cutis vs connective tissue

connective tissue and cutis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
connective tissue	Yes	No	No	No
cutis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cutis is a hyponym of connective tissue; that is, cutis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than connective tissue:

connective tissue: tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments
cutis: a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

Other hyponyms of connective tissue include skin, tegument, areolar tissue, bone, os, bone marrow, marrow, elastic tissue, endoneurium, ligament, perineurium, perimysium, sinew, tendon, submucosa, facia, fascia, scar tissue, granulation, granulation tissue.

connective tissue (noun)	cutis (noun)
tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments	a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

Difference between connective tissue and cutis

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