The difference between Oesophagus and Throat
When used as nouns, oesophagus means the tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach, whereas throat means the front part of the neck.
Throat is also verb with the meaning: to utter in or with the throat.
check bellow for the other definitions of Oesophagus and Throat
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Oesophagus as a noun (anatomy):
The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
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Throat as a noun:
The front part of the neck.
Examples:
"The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat."
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Throat as a noun:
The gullet or windpipe.
Examples:
"As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat."
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Throat as a noun:
A narrow opening in a vessel.
Examples:
"The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle."
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Throat as a noun:
Station throat.
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Throat as a noun:
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
Examples:
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Throat as a noun (nautical):
The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
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Throat as a noun (nautical):
That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.
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Throat as a noun (nautical):
The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
Examples:
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Throat as a noun (shipbuilding):
The inside of a timber knee.
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Throat as a noun (botany):
The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
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Throat as a verb (now, uncommon):
To utter in or with the throat.
Examples:
"to throat threats"
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Throat as a verb (informal):
To take into the throat. .}}
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Throat as a verb (UK, dialect, obsolete):
To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.