spine vs outgrowth

outgrowth vs spine

spine and outgrowth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spine	Yes	No	No	No
outgrowth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, outgrowth is a hypernym of spine; that is, outgrowth is a word with a broader meaning than spine:

spine: a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
outgrowth: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

Other hypernyms of spine include appendage, process.

spine (noun)	outgrowth (noun)
a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin	a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved	the gradual beginning or coming forth
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord	a natural consequence of development
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
any sharply pointed projection

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