Torso vs Spine - What's the difference?
torso | spine |
The part of the (human) body from the neck to the groin, that is, the body excluding the head and limbs.
The series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a person, or from the head to the tail of an animal; backbone, vertebral column.
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A rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant.
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(figurative) Courage or assertiveness.
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As nouns the difference between torso and spine
is that torso is torso while spine is proprietress (of a shop, café, or brothel).torso
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(en noun)- If you attentively regard almost any quadruped's spine , you will be struck with the resemblance of its vertebrae to a strung necklace of dwarfed skulls.
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- The male, as Dr. Gunther informs me, has a cluster of stiff, straight spines , like those of a comb, on the sides of the tail.