Shoulder vs. Piggyback

Shoulder vs. Piggyback — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Shoulder and Piggyback

Shouldernoun

The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.

Piggybackadjective

On somebody's back or shoulders.

a piggyback ride

Shouldernoun

The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.

The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder.

Piggybackadjective

Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.

Shouldernoun

(anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

Piggybackadverb

On somebody's back or shoulders.

to ride piggyback
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Shouldernoun

A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.

Piggybackverb

(transitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.

They tried to piggyback that proposal on the rivers and harbors bill.The popular host can’t claim credit for the trade, though. The idea wasn’t his. He piggybacked off another successful investor who had a history of picking winners.

Shouldernoun

The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.

Piggybackverb

To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.

Shouldernoun

Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.

Piggybackverb

To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.

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Shouldernoun

(topography) A shelf between two levels.

Piggybackverb

(transitive) to carry someone on the back or shoulders.

Shouldernoun

A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency; a hard shoulder.

He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire.

Piggybackverb

(transitive) To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway waggon

Shouldernoun

The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.

Piggybacknoun

A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.

Shouldernoun

A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.

Piggybacknoun

An act or instance of piggybacking.

Shouldernoun

The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.

Piggybackverb

ride on someone's shoulders or back

Shouldernoun

An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.

Piggybackverb

haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars

Shouldernoun

(printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.

Piggybackverb

haul by railroad car

Shouldernoun

(of an object) The portion between the neck and the body.

Piggybackverb

carry on the back or shoulders;

She piggybacked a sick classmate to school

Shouldernoun

(music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.

Piggybackverb

support on the back and shoulders;

He piggybacked her child so she could see the show

Shouldernoun

The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.

Piggybackadverb

on a railroad flatcar;

the trailer rode piggyback across the country

Shouldernoun

(firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.

Piggybackadverb

on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip;

she carried her child piggyback

Shouldernoun

(figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.

Shouldernoun

The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.Parts of a Yale lock-type key

Shoulderverb

(transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.

Shoulderverb

(transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.

Shoulderverb

(transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.

Shoulderverb

To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.

Shoulderverb

To accept responsibility for.

shoulder the blame

Shoulderverb

(transitive) To form a shape resembling a shoulder.

Shoulderverb

(intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.

Shoulderverb

(transitive) To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.

Shoulderverb

(intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.

Shouldernoun

the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

Shouldernoun

a cut of beef from the shoulder of the animal

Shouldernoun

a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

Shouldernoun

narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

Shoulderverb

lift onto one's shoulders

Shoulderverb

push with the shoulders;

He shouldered his way into the crowd

Shoulderverb

carry a burden, either real or metaphoric;

shoulder the burden