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projection vs protuberance

protuberance vs projection

projection and protuberance both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
projection Yes No No No
protuberance Yes No No No
As nouns, protuberance is a hyponym of projection; that is, protuberance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than projection:
  • projection: any solid convex shape that juts out from something
  • protuberance: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Other hyponyms of projection include salient, jag, bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, swelling, acantha, spine, spur, tail, tail end, knife, tongue, keel.
projection (noun) protuberance (noun)
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
the act of projecting out from something the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
any structure that branches out from a central support
the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
a planned undertaking
a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
any solid convex shape that juts out from something
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