ridge vs outgrowth
outgrowth vs ridgeridge and outgrowth both are nouns.
ridge is a verb but outgrowth is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ridge | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| outgrowth | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
outgrowth is a hypernym of
ridge; that is, outgrowth is a
word with a broader meaning than ridge:
- ridge: any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
- outgrowth: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
| ridge (noun) | outgrowth (noun) |
|---|---|
| a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
| any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane | the gradual beginning or coming forth |
| a long narrow natural elevation or striation | a natural consequence of development |
| a long narrow range of hills | |
| a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean | |
| any long raised strip |
| ridge (verb) | outgrowth (verb) |
|---|---|
| form into a ridge | |
| spade into alternate ridges and troughs | |
| throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides | |
| plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip | |
| extend in ridges |
Words related to "ridge"
- Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- agriculture
- appendage
- arete
- bank
- bar
- beam
- continue
- convex shape
- convexity
- corrugation
- cover
- dune
- elevation
- esker
- extend
- farming
- form
- formation
- gable roof
- geological formation
- hogback
- horseback
- husbandry
- ledge
- natural elevation
- outgrowth
- plough
- plow
- process
- raphe
- reef
- rhaphe
- ridgeline
- ridgepole
- ripple mark
- rooftree
- saddle roof
- saddleback
- saddleback roof
- sand dune
- shape
- shelf
- spade
- superciliary arch
- superciliary ridge
- supraorbital ridge
- supraorbital torus
- throw
- turn
Words related to "outgrowth"
- acromial process
- acromion
- acrosome
- aculea
- ala
- alveolar arch
- alveolar process
- alveolar ridge
- apophysis
- appendage
- appendix
- arista
- beginning
- body part
- branch
- caruncle
- caruncula
- cecal appendage
- cirrus
- condyle
- consequence
- coronoid process
- crest
- effect
- emergence
- eminence
- enation
- epicondyle
- event
- excrescence
- fetlock
- fimbria
- flagellum
- growth
- gum ridge
- hair
- horn
- issue
- labial palpus
- mastoid
- mastoid bone
- mastoid process
- mastoidal
- maxillary palpus
- metaphysis
- odontoid process
- offset
- offshoot
- olecranon
- olecranon process
- osteophyte
- outcome
- papilla
- plant process
- process
- processus coronoideus
- pseudopod
- pseudopodium
- pterygoid process
- result
- ridge
- rise
- spicule
- spiculum
- spine
- spinous process
- style
- styloid process
- tail
- tentacle
- transverse process
- trochanter
- tubercle
- tuberosity
- upshot
- vermiform appendix
- vermiform process
- villus
- zygomatic process
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