Difference between Hand and Arm

What is the difference between Hand and Arm?

Hand as a noun is that part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. see manus. while Arm as a noun is the portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

Hand

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See manus. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as, In long measure, two different lengths: A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, An instance of helping. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; — usually in the plural. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as Applause. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch. Rate; price. Each of the pointers on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day. The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct To manage; as, I hand my oar. — Matthew Prior To seize; to lay hands on. — Shakespeare To pledge by the hand; to handfast. To furl; — said of a sail. — Totten To cooperate. — Massinger

Arm

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.A bay or inlet off a main body of water.A weapon.heraldic bearings or insignia

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To supply with a weapon or weapons.To prepare a tool or a weapon for action, to activate.

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