talus vs formation

talus and formation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
talus	Yes	No	No	No
formation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, formation is a hypernym of talus; that is, formation is a word with a broader meaning than talus:

Other hypernyms of talus include geological formation.

talus (noun)	formation (noun)
the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint	the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff	the act of forming or establishing something
	creation by mental activity
	a particular spatial arrangement
	an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
	(geology) the geological features of the earth
	natural process that causes something to form