palatine vs os

palatine and os both are nouns.

palatine is an adjective but os is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
palatine	Yes	Yes	No	No
os	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, os is a hypernym of palatine; that is, os is a word with a broader meaning than palatine:

palatine: either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
os: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

Other hypernyms of palatine include bone.

palatine (noun)	os (noun)
either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands	a mouth or mouthlike opening
any of various important officials in ancient Rome

palatine (adjective)	os (adjective)
of or relating to a palace
of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
relating to or lying near the palate

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