Main Difference
The main difference between Hip and Thigh is that the Hip is a anatomical region and Thigh is a area between the pelvis and the knee; upper leg
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Hip
In vertebrate anatomy, hip (or “coxa” in medical terminology) refers to either an anatomical region or a joint.
The hip region is located lateral and anterior to the gluteal region (i.e., the buttock), inferior to the iliac crest, and overlying the greater trochanter of the femur, or “thigh bone”. In adults, three of the bones of the pelvis have fused into the hip bone or acetabulum which forms part of the hip region.
The hip joint, scientifically referred to as the acetabulofemoral joint (art. coxae), is the joint between the femur and acetabulum of the pelvis and its primary function is to support the weight of the body in both static (e.g. standing) and dynamic (e.g. walking or running) postures. The hip joints have very important roles in retaining balance, and for maintaining the pelvic inclination angle.
Pain of the hip may be the result of numerous causes, including nervous, osteoarthritic, infectious, trauma-related, and genetic.
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Thigh
In human anatomy, the thigh is the area between the hip (pelvis) and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb.The single bone in the thigh is called the femur. This bone is very thick and strong (due to the high proportion of bone tissue), and forms a ball and socket joint at the hip, and a modified hinge joint at the knee.
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Hip (noun)
The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
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Hip (noun)
The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
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Hip (noun)
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
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Hip (noun)
A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.
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Hip (noun)
The fruit of a rose.
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Hip (verb)
To use one’s hips to bump into someone.
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Hip (verb)
To throw (one’s adversary) over one’s hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
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Hip (verb)
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
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Hip (verb)
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
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Hip (verb)
To inform, to make knowledgeable.
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Hip (adjective)
Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy. from early 20th c., popularized in 1960s
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Thigh (noun)
The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. from 8th c.
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Thigh (noun)
That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect. from 14th c.
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Hip (noun)
(formerly in the UK) a set of information about a house or flat that a seller must provide to a potential buyer.
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Hip (adjective)
very fashionable
“it’s hip to be environmentally conscious”
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Hip (adjective)
aware of or informed about
“he’s trying to show how hip he is to Americana”
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Hip (interjection)
used to introduce a communal cheer
“hip hip hooray!”