projection vs tongue

tongue vs projection

projection and tongue both are nouns.

projection is not a verb while tongue is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
projection	Yes	No	No	No
tongue	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, tongue is a hyponym of projection; that is, tongue is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than projection:

projection: any solid convex shape that juts out from something
tongue: any long thin projection that is transient

Other hyponyms of projection include salient, jag, bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, acantha, spine, spur, tail, tail end, knife, keel.

projection (noun)	tongue (noun)
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting	the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
the act of projecting out from something	metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
any structure that branches out from a central support	a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction	a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
a planned undertaking	a manner of speaking
a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations	the tongue of certain animals used as meat
the projection of an image from a film onto a screen	a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality	any long thin projection that is transient
(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

projection (verb)	tongue (verb)
	lick or explore with the tongue
	articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

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