muscle vs involuntary muscle

involuntary muscle vs muscle

muscle and involuntary muscle both are nouns.

muscle is a verb but involuntary muscle is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
muscle	Yes	No	Yes	No
involuntary muscle	Yes	No	No	No

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

muscle: one of the contractile organs of the body
involuntary muscle: a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)

Other hyponyms of muscle include skeletal muscle, striated muscle, pronator, supinator, levator, antagonistic muscle, eye muscle, ocular muscle, rectus, smooth muscle, anatomical sphincter, sphincter, sphincter muscle, tensor, retractor muscle.

muscle (noun)	involuntary muscle (noun)
possessing muscular strength	a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)
authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)
one of the contractile organs of the body
animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard

muscle (verb)	involuntary muscle (verb)
make one's way by force

Difference between muscle and involuntary muscle

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