hip vs cotyloid joint

cotyloid joint vs hip

hip and cotyloid joint both are nouns.

hip is an adjective but cotyloid joint is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hip	Yes	Yes	No	No
cotyloid joint	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cotyloid joint is a hypernym of hip; that is, cotyloid 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
cotyloid 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, ball-and-socket joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint.

hip (noun)	cotyloid joint (noun)
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh	a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
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)	cotyloid joint (adjective)
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