Acetabulum vs Hip - What's the difference?
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(Roman Antiquities) a vinegar cup;
(Roman Antiquities) the socket of the hipbone;
(Roman Antiquities) a measure of about one eighth of a pint
(anatomy) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
(anatomy) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
(anatomy) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
(anatomy) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
(anatomy) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
(anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
(chiefly, sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.
To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock ).
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
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In anatomy terms the difference between acetabulum and hip
is that acetabulum is one of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals while hip is the outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.As nouns the difference between acetabulum and hip
is that acetabulum is a vinegar cup while hip is the outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.As a verb hip is
to use one's hips to bump into someone.As an adjective hip is
aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.acetabulum
English
(wikipedia acetabulum)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* acetabularhip
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- (Waddell)
Derived terms
* hipbone * hip joint * hip replacement * hip roof * shoot from the hipVerb
(hipp)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) ).Derived terms
* rosehipEtymology 3
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(hipper)- Rudolph promoted Stevens Pass with restless zeal. In seven years there, he helped turn a relatively small, roadside ski area into a hip destination.
Synonyms
* cool, groovyVerb
(hipp)- The guy hips himself to so many things.