Hand vs. Arm

Hand vs. Arm — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hand and Arm

Handnoun

The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.

Her hands are really strong.

Armnoun

The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”

Handnoun

That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.

Armnoun

(anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.

The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.

Handnoun

A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.

Armnoun

A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.

the arms of an octopus
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Handnoun

An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.

Armnoun

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.

The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line.

Handnoun

In linear measurement:

Armnoun

(geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.

Handnoun

Four inches, a hand's breadth.

Armnoun

A branch of an organization.

the cavalry arm of the military service
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Handnoun

(obsolete) Three inches.

Armnoun

(figurative) Power; might; strength; support.

the arm of the lawthe secular arm

Handnoun

A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.

Armnoun

A pitcher

The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.

Handnoun

Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

Armnoun

(genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.

Handnoun

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.

an old hand at speaking;large farms need many farm hands

Armnoun

A group of patients in a medical trial.

Handnoun

An instance of helping.

Bob gave Alice a hand to move the furniture.

Armnoun

(usually used in the plural) A weapon.

Handnoun

Handwriting; style of penmanship.

a good hand

Armnoun

(in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia

The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.

Handnoun

A person's autograph or signature.

Given under my Hand and Seal of the State this 1st Day of January, 2010.

Armverb

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

Handnoun

Personal possession; ownership.

Armverb

To supply with arms or limbs.

Handnoun

Management, domain, control.

in safe hands;in good hands;He lost his job when the factory changed hands.With the business back in the founder's hands, there is new hope for the company.With John in charge of the project, it's in good hands.

Armverb

To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.

Handnoun

That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.

Armverb

To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.

Remember to arm an alarm system.

Handnoun

(card games) The set of cards held by a player.

Armverb

To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.

to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling

Handnoun

(tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.

Armverb

(figurative) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

Handnoun

(collective) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.

Armverb

To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

Handnoun

Applause.

Give him a hand.

Armadjective

Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.

He's neither poor nor arm.

Handnoun

(historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.

Armadjective

To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

Handnoun

(firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.

Armnoun

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

Handnoun

A whole rhizome of ginger.

Armnoun

any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting;

he was licensed to carry a weapon

Handnoun

The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.

This fabric has a smooth, soft hand.

Armnoun

an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;

a branch of Congress

Handnoun

(archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.

Armnoun

any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

the arm of the record playeran arm of the seaa branch of the sewer

Handnoun

(archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.

to buy at first hand (from the producer, or when new);to buy at second hand (when no longer in the producer’s hand, or when not new);It's not a rumor. I heard it at first hand.

Armnoun

the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person

Handnoun

(obsolete) Rate; price.

Armnoun

the part of a garment that is attached at armhole and provides a cloth covering for the arm

Handverb

(transitive) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.

He handed them the letter.She handed responsibility over to her deputy.

Armverb

prepare oneself for a military confrontation;

The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle Easttroops are building up on the Iraqui border

Handverb

(transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.

to hand a lady into a carriage

Armverb

supply with arms;

The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan

Handverb

To manage.

Handverb

To seize; to lay hands on.

Handverb

To pledge by the hand; to handfast.

Handverb

To furl.

Handverb

To cooperate.

Handnoun

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb;

he had the hands of a surgeonhe extended his mitt

Handnoun

a hired laborer on a farm or ranch;

the hired hand fixed the railinga ranch hand

Handnoun

something written by hand;

she recognized his handwritinghis hand was illegible

Handnoun

ability;

he wanted to try his hand at singing

Handnoun

a position given by its location to the side of an object;

objections were voiced on every hand

Handnoun

the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time;

I didn't hold a good hand all eveninghe kept trying to see my hand

Handnoun

one of two sides of an issue;

on the one hand..., but on the other hand...

Handnoun

a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece;

the big hand counts the minutes

Handnoun

a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses;

the horse stood 20 hands

Handnoun

a member of the crew of a ship;

all hands on deck

Handnoun

a card player in a game of bridge;

we need a 4th hand for bridge

Handnoun

a round of applause to signify approval;

give the little lady a great big hand

Handnoun

terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos);

the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting

Handnoun

physical assistance;

give me a hand with the chores

Handverb

place into the hands or custody of;

hand me the spoon, pleaseTurn the files over to me, pleaseHe turned over the prisoner to his lawyers

Handverb

guide or conduct or usher somewhere;

hand the elderly lady into the taxi