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protrusion vs occipital protuberance

occipital protuberance vs protrusion

protrusion and occipital protuberance both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
protrusion Yes No No No
occipital protuberance Yes No No No
As nouns, occipital protuberance is a hyponym of protrusion; that is, occipital protuberance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than protrusion:
  • protrusion: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
  • occipital protuberance: prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
Other hyponyms of protrusion include frontal eminence, belly, caput, mogul, nub, nubble, snag, wart.
protrusion (noun) occipital protuberance (noun)
the act of projecting out from something prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Difference between protrusion and occipital protuberance

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