outgrowth vs vermiform appendix

vermiform appendix vs outgrowth

outgrowth and vermiform appendix both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
outgrowth	Yes	No	No	No
vermiform appendix	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vermiform appendix is a hyponym of outgrowth; that is, vermiform appendix 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
vermiform appendix: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

Other hyponyms of outgrowth include horn, horn, crest, pseudopod, pseudopodium, flagellum, hair, cirrus, spine, 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 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)	vermiform appendix (noun)
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant	a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
the gradual beginning or coming forth
a natural consequence of development

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