shoulder vs cotyloid joint

cotyloid joint vs shoulder

shoulder and cotyloid joint both are nouns.

shoulder is a verb but cotyloid joint is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shoulder	Yes	No	Yes	No
cotyloid joint	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cotyloid joint is a hypernym of shoulder; that is, cotyloid 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
cotyloid 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, ball-and-socket joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint.

shoulder (noun)	cotyloid joint (noun)
a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road	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 a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
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)	cotyloid joint (verb)
push with the shoulders
carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
lift onto one's shoulders

Difference between shoulder and cotyloid joint

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