leg vs shank

leg and shank both are nouns.

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

leg (noun)	shank (noun)
a section or portion of a journey or course	a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack	lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg	the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
one of the supports for a piece of furniture	cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg	cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle	cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion	the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
the limb of an animal used for food	a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
a part of a forked or branching shape

leg (verb)	shank (verb)
	hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction