hip vs ball-and-socket joint

ball-and-socket joint vs hip

hip and ball-and-socket joint both are nouns.

hip is an adjective but ball-and-socket joint is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hip	Yes	Yes	No	No
ball-and-socket joint	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ball-and-socket joint is a hypernym of hip; that is, ball-and-socket joint is a word with a broader meaning than hip:

hip: the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
ball-and-socket joint: a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone

Other hypernyms of hip include articulatio spheroidea, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint.

hip (noun)	ball-and-socket joint (noun)
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh	a joint that can rotate within a socket
the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates	a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
the fruit of a rose plant
(architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof

hip (adjective)	ball-and-socket joint (adjective)
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Difference between hip and ball-and-socket joint

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