shoulder vs ball-and-socket joint

ball-and-socket joint vs shoulder

shoulder and ball-and-socket joint both are nouns.

shoulder is a verb but ball-and-socket joint is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shoulder	Yes	No	Yes	No
ball-and-socket joint	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ball-and-socket joint is a hypernym of shoulder; that is, ball-and-socket joint is a word with a broader meaning than shoulder:

shoulder: a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
ball-and-socket joint: a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone

Other hypernyms of shoulder include articulatio spheroidea, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint.

shoulder (noun)	ball-and-socket joint (noun)
a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road	a joint that can rotate within a socket
the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder	a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg

shoulder (verb)	ball-and-socket joint (verb)
push with the shoulders
carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
lift onto one's shoulders

Difference between shoulder and ball-and-socket joint

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