outgrowth vs spine

spine vs outgrowth

outgrowth and spine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
outgrowth	Yes	No	No	No
spine	Yes	No	No	No

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

outgrowth: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
spine: a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

Other hyponyms of outgrowth include horn, horn, crest, pseudopod, pseudopodium, flagellum, hair, cirrus, aculea, style, villus, tail, fetlock, tentacle, arista, acromial process, acromion, ala, alveolar arch, alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge, acrosome, caruncle, caruncula, condyle, coronoid process, processus coronoideus, epicondyle, fimbria, apophysis, spicule, spiculum, osteophyte, papilla, papilla, appendix, cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal, styloid process, pterygoid process, eminence, tubercle, tuberosity, zygomatic process, trochanter, transverse process, odontoid process, metaphysis, olecranon, olecranon process, ridge, excrescence, papilla, enation, plant process, spinous process, maxillary palpus, labial palpus.

outgrowth (noun)	spine (noun)
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant	a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
the gradual beginning or coming forth	the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
a natural consequence of development	the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
	a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
	any sharply pointed projection

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