hindquarters vs posterior

hindquarters and posterior both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hindquarters	Yes	No	No	No
posterior	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, hindquarters and posterior are synonyms defined as:

hindquarters and posterior: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

hindquarters (noun)	posterior (noun)
the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks	the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on	a tooth situated at the back of the mouth

hindquarters (adjective)	posterior (adjective)
	located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure
	coming at a subsequent time or stage