leg vs shin

leg and shin both are nouns.

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

leg (noun)	shin (noun)
a section or portion of a journey or course	the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack	the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg	the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
one of the supports for a piece of furniture	a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
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)	shin (verb)
	climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling