leg vs fork

leg and fork both are nouns.

leg is not a verb while fork is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
leg	Yes	No	No	No
fork	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fork is a hyponym of leg; that is, fork is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than leg:

leg: a part of a forked or branching shape
fork: the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

Other hyponyms of leg include bifurcation, brachium, crotch.

leg (noun)	fork (noun)
a section or portion of a journey or course	the act of branching out or dividing into branches
(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack	a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food
a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg	an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
one of the supports for a piece of furniture	the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg	the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
the limb of an animal used for food
a part of a forked or branching shape

leg (verb)	fork (verb)
	divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
	shape like a fork
	place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
	lift with a pitchfork

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