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organ vs tongue

tongue vs organ

organ and tongue both are nouns.

organ is not a verb while tongue is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
organ Yes No No No
tongue Yes No Yes No
As nouns, tongue is a hyponym of organ; that is, tongue is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than organ:
  • organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
  • tongue: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Other hyponyms of organ include ovipositor, siphon, syphon, comb-plate, ctene, wing, foot, invertebrate foot, sucker, stinger, contractile organ, contractor, anlage, primordium, vital organ, vitals, effector, external organ, internal organ, viscus, receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor, clapper, glossa, lingua, organ of speech, speech organ, vocal organ, crystalline lens, lens, lens of the eye, gland, secreter, secretor, secretory organ, cell organ, cell organelle, organelle, end organ, reproductive organ, sex organ, target organ, taret organ, erectile organ, otolith organ.
organ (noun) tongue (noun)
wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
a periodical that is published by a special interest group a manner of speaking
a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function the tongue of certain animals used as meat
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
any long thin projection that is transient
organ (verb) tongue (verb)
lick or explore with the tongue
articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
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