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leg bone vs shin bone

shin bone vs leg bone

leg bone and shin bone both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
leg bone Yes No No No
shin bone Yes No No No
As nouns, shin bone is a hyponym of leg bone; that is, shin bone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than leg bone:
  • leg bone: a bone of the leg
  • shin bone: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Other hyponyms of leg bone include femoris, femur, thighbone, calf bone, fibula, shin, shinbone, tibia.
leg bone (noun) shin bone (noun)
a bone of the leg the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
Difference between leg bone and shin bone

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