skin vs cuticle

cuticle vs skin

skin and cuticle both are nouns.

skin is a verb but cuticle is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
skin	Yes	No	Yes	No
cuticle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cuticle is a hyponym of skin; that is, cuticle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than skin:

skin: a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
cuticle: the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail

Other hyponyms of skin include investment, thick skin, skin graft, buff, dewlap, foreskin, prepuce, foreskin, prepuce, scalp, agnail, hangnail.

skin (noun)	cuticle (noun)
body covering of a living animal	hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
an outer surface (usually thin)	the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal	the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
the rind of a fruit or vegetable
a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
a person whose head is bald or shaved
a person's skin regarded as their life

skin (verb)	cuticle (verb)
remove the skin from
remove the bark of a tree
bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

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