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Leg vs Tentacle - What's the difference?

leg | tentacle |

As nouns the difference between leg and tentacle

is that leg is lake while tentacle is an elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.

leg

English

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Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.
    • Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
  • (anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
  • A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
    • The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
  • A stage of a journey, race etc.
    • After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.
  • (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
  • (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
  • (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
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  • One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
  • (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
  • A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.
    • the legs of a chair or table
  • (usually used in plural) evidence, the ability of a thing or idea to stick around or persist
  • (UK, slang, archaic) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
  • An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
  • In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
  • (cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.

    • Derived terms

    * a leg to stand on * foreleg * get one's leg over * hind leg * leg break * leg-breaker * leggy * leg it * legroom * legs eleven * legwork * make a leg * pull someone's leg * shake a leg * show a bit of leg * show a leg * stretch one's legs

    See also

    * ankle * arm * buttocks * calf * crus * elbow * foot * hip * joint * knee * lap * limb * shank * shin * thick * thigh * vertebra

    Verb

    (legg)
  • To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
  • To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
  • To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.

    • Derived terms

    * leg it

    Anagrams

    * *

    References

    1000 English basic words ----

    tentacle

    English

    (wikipedia tentacle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
  • * 1873, , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    • With one blow of the axe, Captain Nemo cut this formidable tentacle , that slid wriggling down the ladder.
  • * 1897,
    • The body was small, but fitted with two bunches of prehensile organs, like long tentacles , immediately under the mouth.
  • * 1936,
    • Surmounting this head were four slender grey stalks bearing flower-like appendages, whilst from its nether side dangled eight greenish antennae or tentacles .

    Derived terms

    * tentacular