Sinew vs Hamstring - What's the difference?
sinew | hamstring |
(anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
(obsolete) A nerve.
(figuratively) Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.
A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.
(figuratively) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor; mainstay; source of strength (often plural).
* Shakespeare
* Sir Walter Raleigh
To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.
* Goldsmith
(anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
(informal) The biceps femoris muscle.
* 2010', Adam Garett, "Fried Hams", ''Reps!'' ' 17 :23
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
* So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. -
In anatomy terms the difference between sinew and hamstring
is that sinew is a cord or tendon of the body while hamstring is one of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.sinew
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Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry.
- The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.
Derived terms
* sinewyVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
- Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger.
Anagrams
* * * *hamstring
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Noun
(en noun)- Developing muscle around both sides of a joint (think biceps and triceps, abs and low back, quads and hamstrings ) should be one of your primary training considerations because strength on each side leads to lower injury rates.