Flank vs Haunch - What's the difference?

In anatomy terms the difference between flank and haunch

is that flank is the flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side while haunch is 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.

As an adjective flank

is maximum (of speed). Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack (All ahead flank!).

As a verb flank

is to attack the flank(s) of something.

flank

English

Adjective

(-)

(nautical) Maximum (of speed). Historically faster than full'' speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack (''All ahead flank! ).

Noun

(en noun)

(anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.

(cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.

(military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.

The side of something, in general senses.

* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII

Cautiously I approached the flank of the cliffs, where they terminated in an abrupt escarpment as though some all powerful hand had broken off a great section of rock and set it upon the surface of the earth.

The outermost strip of a road.

(soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.

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That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

Synonyms

* (all senses) side * (side of formation) wing

Derived terms

* (flesh between the last rib and the hip) flank steak

Coordinate terms

* (cut of meat from the flank of an animal) fajita

Verb

(en verb)

To attack the flank(s) of something.

To defend the flank(s) of something.

To place to the side(s) of something.

* Pitt

Stately colonnades are flanked with trees.

To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side.)

haunch

English

Alternative forms

* * (architechture)

Noun

(es)

(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.

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-way
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.