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Hips vs Pelvis - What's the difference?

hips | pelvis |

As an adjective hips

is .

As a noun pelvis is

.

hips

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

    * * *

    pelvis

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.
  • (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter

    • Related terms

    * * (cavity)

    See also

    * ("pelvis" on Wikipedia) * (hip bone) * bone * coccyx * hip * hipbone * ilium * innominate bone * ischium * os coxae * pubis * sacrum ----