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limb vs appendage

appendage vs limb

limb and appendage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
limb Yes No No No
appendage Yes No No No
As nouns, appendage is a hypernym of limb; that is, appendage is a word with a broader meaning than limb:
  • limb: one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm, leg, wing, flipper
  • appendage: an external body part that projects from the body
Other hypernyms of limb include extremity, member.
limb (noun) appendage (noun)
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm a part that is joined to something larger
the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles an external body part that projects from the body
either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm, leg, wing, flipper
(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
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