The difference between Throat and Windpipe
When used as nouns, throat means the front part of the neck, whereas windpipe means the trachea.
Throat is also verb with the meaning: to utter in or with the throat.
check bellow for the other definitions of Throat and Windpipe
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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.
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Windpipe as a noun:
The trachea.
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Windpipe as a noun:
Any duct for air or other gas.
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Windpipe as a noun (rare):
A section of road or bridleway which has a reputation for having strong crosswinds or localized wind swirls.
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Windpipe as a noun (rare, British, slang):
The anus.