Bough vs. Limb
Difference Between Bough and Limb
Boughnoun
A firm branch of a tree.
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall.Limbnoun
A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
Boughnoun
The gallows.
Limbnoun
A branch of a tree.
Boughnoun
any of the larger branches of a tree
Limbnoun
(archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
Limbnoun
An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
Limbnoun
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
Limbnoun
(astronomy) The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
solar limbLimbnoun
(on a measuring instrument) The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
Limbnoun
(botany) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.
Limbverb
(transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.Limbverb
(transitive) To supply with limbs.
Limbnoun
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
Limbnoun
any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
Limbnoun
(astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
Limbnoun
either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip;
the upper limb of the bowLimbnoun
the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles;
the limb of the sextantLimbnoun
any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;
the arm of the record playeran arm of the seaa branch of the sewer
