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Backbone vs Ridgebone - What's the difference?

backbone | ridgebone |

As nouns the difference between backbone and ridgebone

is that backbone is the series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals while ridgebone is (obsolete) the backbone.

backbone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
  • any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure
    • Before automobiles, railroads were a backbone of commerce.
  • courage, fortitude, or strength
    • He would make a good manager, if he had a little more backbone .

    Synonyms

    * spine * spinal column * vertebral column * See also

    ridgebone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The backbone.
    • Blood lying cluttered about the ridgebone . — Holland.
    (Webster 1913)