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Trochanter vs Tubercle - What's the difference?

trochanter | tubercle |

In anatomy terms the difference between trochanter and tubercle

is that trochanter is in vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck while tubercle is a round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.

trochanter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.
  • In some arthropods, the second segment of the leg, between the coxa and the femur.

    • tubercle

    English

    (wikipedia tubercle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
  • (botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
  • (pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

    • Synonyms

    * tuberculum * tuberosity * eminence * nodule