limb vs leg

limb and leg both are nouns.

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

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

limb: one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm, leg, wing, flipper
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

Other hyponyms of limb include hind limb, hindlimb, forelimb, flipper, crus, thigh, arm, cubitus, forearm.

limb (noun)	leg (noun)
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm	a section or portion of a journey or course
the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles	(nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip	a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm, leg, wing, flipper	one of the supports for a piece of furniture
(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet	a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree	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

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