shin bone vs tibia

shin bone and tibia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shin bone	Yes	No	No	No
tibia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shin bone and tibia are synonyms defined as:

shin bone and tibia: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Other synonyms of shin bone include shin, shinbone.

shin bone (noun)	tibia (noun)
the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle	the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg