The difference between Extremity and Limb

When used as nouns, extremity means the most extreme or furthest point of something, whereas limb means a major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).


Limb is also verb with the meaning: to remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).

check bellow for the other definitions of Extremity and Limb

  1. Extremity as a noun:

    The most extreme or furthest point of something.

  2. Extremity as a noun:

    An extreme measure.

  3. Extremity as a noun:

    A hand or foot.

    Examples:

    "[[w:Guillain–Barré syndrome Guillain–Barré syndrome]] causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities."

  4. Extremity as a noun:

    A .

  1. Limb as a noun:

    A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

  2. Limb as a noun:

    A branch of a tree.

  3. Limb as a noun (archery):

    The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.

  4. Limb as a noun:

    An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

  5. Limb as a noun:

    A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.

  1. Limb as a verb (transitive):

    To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).

    Examples:

    "They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs."

  2. Limb as a verb (transitive):

    To supply with limbs.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  1. Limb as a noun (astronomy):

    The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.

    Examples:

    "solar limb"

  2. Limb as a noun (on a measuring instrument):

    The graduated edge of a circle or arc.

  3. Limb as a noun (botany):

    The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.

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