Buttock vs Haunch - What's the difference?
buttock | haunch |
(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.
The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
(anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
(architecture) A squat vertical support structure.
Leaped aside, and at a distance
Sat erect upon his haunches . * 1894 — *: Now these are the Laws of the Jungle,
and many and mighty are they;
But the head and the hoof of the Law
and the haunch and the hump is -- Obey! * 1916 — *: While Heracles, - the thews and cordage of his thighs
Straitened and strained beyond the utmost stretch
From quivering heel to haunch like sweating hawsers. * c.1918 — *: The fog comes on little cat feet.
It sits looking over harbor and city
on silent haunches and then moves on.
As nouns the difference between buttock and haunch
is that buttock is (usually|in the plural) each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs while haunch is (anatomy) the area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.buttock
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Noun
(en noun)- (the Maritime Dictionary)
Usage notes
The plural form is usually used in the singular sense for a single person's posterior, often called butt . It is rarer to refer to only a single buttock, which is then usually specified as left or right.Synonyms
* asscheek (crude) * butt-cheek * arsecheek (crude) * bum-cheek * cheek * ham * mound * (plurale tantum) hurdies (p) * See alsoSee also
* callipygian/callipygous * dasypygalReferences
* * English words suffixed with -ockhaunch
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Alternative forms
* * (architechture)Noun
(es)Quotations
{{timeline, 1700s=1735, 1800s=18?? 1855 1894, 1900s=1916 1918}} * *: But I had no time to pursue these reflections; for the gray horse came to the door, and made me a sign to follow him into the third room where I saw a very comely mare, together with a colt and foal, sitting on their haunches upon mats of straw, not unartfully made, and perfectly neat and clean. * 18?? — *: On the rough-hewn oaken table the venison haunch was shared. * 1855 — , III *: And the rabbit from his path-wayLeaped aside, and at a distance
Sat erect upon his haunches . * 1894 — *: Now these are the Laws of the Jungle,
and many and mighty are they;
But the head and the hoof of the Law
and the haunch and the hump is -- Obey! * 1916 — *: While Heracles, - the thews and cordage of his thighs
Straitened and strained beyond the utmost stretch
From quivering heel to haunch like sweating hawsers. * c.1918 — *: The fog comes on little cat feet.
It sits looking over harbor and city
on silent haunches and then moves on.