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tentacle vs appendage

appendage vs tentacle

tentacle and appendage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tentacle Yes No No No
appendage Yes No No No
As nouns, appendage is a hypernym of tentacle; that is, appendage is a word with a broader meaning than tentacle:
  • tentacle: any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion
  • appendage: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
Other hypernyms of tentacle include outgrowth, process.
tentacle (noun) appendage (noun)
any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion a part that is joined to something larger
something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold an external body part that projects from the body
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
Difference between tentacle and appendage

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