Fang vs. Flesh

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Main Difference

The main difference between Fang and Flesh is that the Fang is a long, pointed tooth and Flesh is a soft substance of an animal body that consists of muscle and fat

  • Fang

    A fang is a long, pointed tooth. In mammals, a fang is a modified maxillary tooth, used for biting and tearing flesh. In snakes, it is a specialized tooth that is associated with a venom gland (see snake venom). Spiders also have external fangs, which are part of the chelicerae.

    Fangs are most common in carnivores or omnivores, but some herbivores, such as fruit bats, have them as well. They are generally used to hold or swiftly kill prey, such as in large cats. Omnivorous animals, such as bears, use their fangs when hunting fish or other prey, but they are not needed for consuming fruit. Some apes also have fangs, which they use for threats and fighting. However, the relatively short canines of humans are not considered to be fangs.

  • Flesh

    Flesh is the soft substance of the body of a living human or other animal. In a human or other animal body, this consists of muscle and fat; for vertebrates, this especially includes muscle tissue (skeletal muscle), as opposed to bones and viscera. Animal flesh, as food, is called meat. In plants, “flesh” is the tissue of the plant.

Wikipedia
  • Fang (noun)

    a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh

  • Fang (noun)

    a long pointed tooth for injecting venom

  • Fang (noun)

    A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.

  • Fang (noun)

    That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.

  • Fang (noun)

    Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.

  • Fang (noun)

    A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.

  • Fang (noun)

    Cage-shuts.

  • Fang (noun)

    The coil or bend of a rope; a noose; a trap.

  • Fang (noun)

    The valve of a pump box.

  • Fang (verb)

    To strike or attack with the fangs.

  • Fang (verb)

    To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

  • Fang (verb)

    To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.

  • Fang (verb)

    To take; receive with assent; accept.

  • Fang (verb)

    To receive with hospitality; welcome.

  • Fang (verb)

    To receive.

  • Fang (verb)

    To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.

  • Fang (verb)

    To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

  • Flesh (noun)

    The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.

  • Flesh (noun)

    The skin of a human or animal.

  • Flesh (noun)

    Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.

  • Flesh (noun)

    Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).

  • Flesh (noun)

    The human body as a physical entity.

  • Flesh (noun)

    The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.

  • Flesh (noun)

    The evil and corrupting principle working in man.

  • Flesh (noun)

    The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.

  • Flesh (noun)

    Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.

  • Flesh (noun)

    Kindred; stock; race.

  • Flesh (noun)

    A yellowish pink colour; the colour of some Caucasian human skin.

    “color panel|FFC090”

  • Flesh (verb)

    To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.

  • Flesh (verb)

    To inure or habituate someone in or to a given practice. 16th-18th c.

  • Flesh (verb)

    To put flesh on; to fatten.

  • Flesh (verb)

    To add details.

    “The writer had to go back and flesh out the climactic scene.”

  • Flesh (verb)

    To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

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