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Elbow vs Knuckle - What's the difference?

elbow | knuckle |

As nouns the difference between elbow and knuckle

is that elbow is the joint between the upper arm and the forearm while knuckle is any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.

As verbs the difference between elbow and knuckle

is that elbow is to push with the elbow; to jostle or force while knuckle is to apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles.

elbow

English

(wikipedia elbow)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
  • * (fl.c.1260-c.1300)
  • *:her arms to the elbows naked
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ΒΆ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
  • Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
  • :
  • A detective.
  • *1924 , (Dashiell Hammett), "Zigzags of Treachery":
  • *:"An elbow , huh?" putting all the contempt he could in his voice; and somehow any synonym for detective seems able to hold a lot of contempt.
  • (lb) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.Newell, Pete; Nater, Swen (2008). Pete Newell's Playing Big] . Human Kinetics. p.26: [[Special:BookSources/9780736068093, ISBN 9780736068093]. Retrieved April 11, 2013.

    • Derived terms

    * elbow bone * elbow grease * elbow juice * elbow room * give someone the elbow * more power to your elbow * rub elbows

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To push with the elbow; to jostle or force.
    • He elbowed his way through the crowd.

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    References

    English refractory feminine rhymes

    knuckle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.
  • (by extension) A mechanical joint.
  • A cut of meat.
  • (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
  • The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
  • * Golding
    • With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down.
  • (obsolete) The joint of a plant.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • (shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
  • A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
    • brass knuckles

    Derived terms

    * brass knuckles * knuckle down * knuckle joint * knuckle under * knuckleball * knuckledragger * knuckleduster * knucklehead * knuckle sandwich * near the knuckle * white-knuckled * white knuckle ride

    Verb

    (knuckl)
  • To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles.
    • He knuckled the sleep from his eyes.