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Flexor vs Sinew - What's the difference?

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In anatomy terms the difference between flexor and sinew

is that flexor is a muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb while sinew is a cord or tendon of the body.

As a verb sinew is

to knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.

flexor

English

(wikipedia flexor)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
  • * 2004 , Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual
    • Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

    See also

    * biceps * extensor

    sinew

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
  • (obsolete) A nerve.
  • (figuratively) Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.
  • A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.
  • (figuratively) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; mainstay; source of strength (often plural).
  • * Shakespeare
    • The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.

    Derived terms

    * sinewy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * Goldsmith
    • Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger.

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