What is the difference between sinew and tendon?
sinew | tendon |
(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) A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.
Tendon is a synonym of sinew.
In anatomy terms the difference between sinew and tendon
is that sinew is a cord or tendon of the body while tendon is a tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.As a verb sinew
is to knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.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.