Oesophagus vs Jaws - What's the difference?
oesophagus | jaws | Related terms |
(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
(pluralonly) the mouth
(pluralonly) the borders of anything which has a mouthlike aspect.
(colloquial, eastern Ohio) a contrarian.
As nouns the difference between oesophagus and jaws
is that oesophagus is the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach while jaws is plural of lang=en.As an acronym JAWS is
acronym of w:Java Web Start|Java Web Start|lang=en.oesophagus
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Alternative forms
* esophagus (US spelling) * (older UK spelling)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* gullet * weasandDerived terms
* oesophageal * oesophagectomy * oesophagitisSee also
* (oesophagus) English nouns with irregular pluralsjaws
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Noun
(head)- Open the jaws of the wrench and wide as possible.
- The red wobbled in the jaws of the pocket, but didn't go down.