malar vs cheekbone

malar and cheekbone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
malar	Yes	No	No	No
cheekbone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, malar and cheekbone are synonyms defined as:

malar and cheekbone: the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek

Other synonyms of malar include jugal bone, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone.

malar (noun)	cheekbone (noun)
the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek	the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek