opening vs foramen

foramen vs opening

opening and foramen both are nouns.

opening is an adjective but foramen is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
opening	Yes	Yes	No	No
foramen	Yes	No	No	No

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

opening: an open or empty space in or between things
foramen: a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

Other hyponyms of opening include pocket, diastema, nodes of Ranvier, Ranvier's nodes, hiatus, breach, chasm, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure, hole, mouth, rift, rent, rip, snag, split, tear, window.

opening (noun)	foramen (noun)
a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess	a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
the act of opening something
becoming open or being made open
the first of a series of actions
a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
a possible alternative
the initial part of the introduction
the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
an open or empty space in or between things
opportunity especially for employment or promotion

opening (adjective)	foramen (adjective)
first or beginning

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