Difference between Tuberosity and Tubercle

What is the difference between Tuberosity and Tubercle?

Tuberosity as a noun is the condition of being tuberous while Tubercle as a noun is a round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on bones especially for the attachment of a muscle or ligament. a small elevation on the surface of a tooth.

Tuberosity

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The condition of being tuberous A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached

Tubercle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on bones especially for the attachment of a muscle or ligament. A small elevation on the surface of a tooth.A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.A mass of hyphae from which a mushroom is produced.

We hope you now know whether to use Tuberosity or Tubercle in your sentence.

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