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Ligament vs Paddywhack - What's the difference?

ligament | paddywhack |

As nouns the difference between ligament and paddywhack

is that ligament is (anatomy) a band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones while paddywhack is (dated|derogatory) an irishman.

ligament

English

(wikipedia ligament)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.

    • See also

    *Tendon

    Derived terms

    * ligamental * ligamentary * ligamentous

    paddywhack

    English

    (wikipedia paddywhack)

    etymology

    Corruption of paxwax. See there for more information.

    Alternative forms

    *paddy-whack (and sometimes capitalized)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, derogatory) An Irishman
  • (rare) A severe blow (especially in reference to the folk song This Old Man )
  • A strong elastic ligament or tendon in the midline of the neck of sheep or cattle (generally any quadruped) which relieves the animal of the weight of its head

    • See also

    *Ligamentum nuchae