pocket vs cheek pouch

cheek pouch vs pocket

pocket and cheek pouch both are nouns.

pocket is a verb but cheek pouch is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pocket	Yes	No	Yes	No
cheek pouch	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cheek pouch is a hyponym of pocket; that is, cheek pouch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pocket:

pocket: (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
cheek pouch: a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher)

Other hyponyms of pocket include gastric mill, gizzard, ventriculus, utricle, utriculus, atrial auricle, auricle, auricula atrii, auricula, auricular appendage, auricular appendix, marsupium, scrotum.

pocket (noun)	cheek pouch (noun)
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles	a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher)
an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
a small isolated group of people
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
a supply of money
an enclosed space
a hollow concave shape made by removing something
(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left

pocket (verb)	cheek pouch (verb)
put in one's pocket
take unlawfully

Difference between pocket and cheek pouch

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