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tooth vs bone

bone vs tooth

tooth and bone both are nouns.

tooth is not an adjective while bone is an adjective.

tooth is not a verb while bone is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tooth Yes No No No
bone Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, bone is a hypernym of tooth; that is, bone is a word with a broader meaning than tooth:
  • tooth: hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
  • bone: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Other hypernyms of tooth include os.
tooth (noun) bone (noun)
a means of enforcement a shade of white the color of bleached bones
toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
something resembling the tooth of an animal the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
tooth (adjective) bone (adjective)
consisting of or made up of bone
tooth (verb) bone (verb)
remove the bones from
study intensively, as before an exam
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