posterior vs tooth

tooth vs posterior

posterior and tooth both are nouns.

posterior is an adjective but tooth is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
posterior	Yes	Yes	No	No
tooth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tooth is a hypernym of posterior; that is, tooth is a word with a broader meaning than posterior:

posterior: a tooth situated at the back of the mouth
tooth: hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

posterior (noun)	tooth (noun)
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on	a means of enforcement
a tooth situated at the back of the mouth	toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
	something resembling the tooth of an animal
	one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
	hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

posterior (adjective)	tooth (adjective)
located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure
coming at a subsequent time or stage

Difference between posterior and tooth

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