Difference between Os and Bone

What is the difference between Os and Bone?

Os as a noun is bone. while Bone as a noun is a composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

Os

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Bone. A mouth; an opening. In particular, either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina).

Bone

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.Said of something that is rubbish or broken.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.A bone of a fish; a fishboneOne of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.A dollar.An erect penis; a boner.Dominoes or dice.A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.To have sexual intercourse with.To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.To study (see also bone up)To polish boots to a shiny finishTo apprehend, steal.

Example sentence: Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

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