What is the difference between shoulder and arm?
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(lb) The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
#The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
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#*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder . The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
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#*:With just the turn of a shoulder' she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, ''Mount Vernon'', river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a ' shoulder .
#(lb) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
#A cut of meat comprised of the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
#The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
A shelf between two levels.
#A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency; a hard shoulder.
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#The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
#*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
#*:the north western shoulder of the mountain
#The lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
#The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
#An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
(lb) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
The portion below the neck.
#(lb) The rounded portion of stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
#The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
#(lb) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
(lb) That which supports or sustains; support.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:In thy shoulder do I build my seat.
To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
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To carry (something) on one's shoulders.
(figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
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To put (something) on one's shoulders.
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(figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
To place (something) against one's shoulders.
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To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
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To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
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The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
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, chapter=19 (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
A branch of an organization.
(figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
* Bible, Isa. lii. 1
(baseball, slang) A pitcher
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
* Shakespeare
* Two N. Kins
To supply with arms or limbs.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
(figurative) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
* Bible, 1 Peter iv. 1
To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
In anatomy terms the difference between shoulder and arm
is that shoulder is the joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments while arm is the extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.In figurative terms the difference between shoulder and arm
is that shoulder is that which supports or sustains; support while arm is to furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.As nouns the difference between shoulder and arm
is that shoulder is The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.arm is the portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.As verbs the difference between shoulder and arm
is that shoulder is to push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder while arm is to take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.As an adjective arm is
poor; lacking in riches or wealth.shoulder
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cold shoulder * hard shoulder * rub shoulders * shoulder bag * shoulder blade * shoulder check * shoulder-length * shoulder pad * shoulder season * shoulder to cry on * straight from the shoulder * you can't put an old head on young shouldersVerb
(en verb)- As they the earth would shoulder from her seat.
- ''Around her numberless the rabble flowed, / Shouldering each other, crowding for a view.
- shoulder the blame
arm
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(wikipedia arm) {{picdic, image=Arm_flex_supinate.jpg , width=240 , height=310 , labels= , detail1=Click on labels in the image , detail2= }}Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . (cognates) Akin to (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm , since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
- the arms of an octopus
- the arm of the law
- the secular arm
- To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
- The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.
Derived terms
(derived terms) * armband * armchair * -armed * armful * armhole * arm in arm * armless * armlet * armlock * armpit * armrest * arm's reach * at arm's length * babe in arms * chance one's arm * cost an arm and a leg * forearm * in arm's reach * in the arms of Morpheus * the long arm of the law * lower arm * on one's arm * right arm * take in one's arms * take someone's arm * upper arm * with open arms * within arm's reachVerb
(en verb)- And make him with our pikes and partisans / A grave: come, arm him.
- Arm your prize; / I know you will not lose him.
- His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . (cognates) Akin to (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Derived terms
*Etymology 3
(etyl), from (etyl) (m), from Latin , hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
(derived terms) * armed * arms factory * arms race * army * bear arms * brothers in arms * coat of arms * firearm * in arms * lay down one's arms * present arms! * sidearm * shot in the arm * take up arms against * to arms! * unarmed * under arms * up in armsVerb
(en verb)- Remember to arm an alarm system.
- to arm''' the hit of a sword; to '''arm a hook in angling
- Arm yourselves with the same mind.