Triceps vs Shoulders - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between triceps and shoulders

is that triceps is triceps while shoulders is .

(shoulder).

(wikipedia triceps)

(en-noun)

(anatomy) Any muscle having three heads.

(anatomy) Specifically, the triceps brachii.

* (muscle in the arm) triceps brachii, triceps extensor cubiti

(head)

(anatomy) The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back.

Capacity for bearing a task or blame.

"The responsibility for the job was placed on his shoulders."

(head)

(shoulder)