connective tissue vs tegument

tegument vs connective tissue

connective tissue and tegument both are nouns.

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

As nouns, tegument is a hyponym of connective tissue; that is, tegument 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
tegument: a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

Other hyponyms of connective tissue include cutis, skin, 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)	tegument (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 tegument

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