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Buttock vs. Bottom — What's the Difference?

Buttock vs. Bottom — What's the Difference?

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Buttock

Either of the two rounded prominences on the human torso that are posterior to the hips and formed by the gluteal muscles and underlying structures.

Bottom

The lowest point or part of something
The bottom of the page
She paused at the bottom of the stairs

Buttock

The analogous part of the body on certain mammals.

Bottom

A person's buttocks
He climbs the side of the gorge, scratching his bottom unselfconsciously

Buttock

Buttocks The rear pelvic area of the human body.
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Bottom

One of six flavours of quark.

Buttock

Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.

Bottom

Stamina or strength of character
Whatever his faults, he possesses that old-fashioned quality—bottom

Buttock

(nautical) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.

Bottom

A man who takes the passive role in anal intercourse with another man.

Buttock

The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump. Often used in the plural - see buttocks.

Bottom

In the lowest position
The books on the bottom shelf

Buttock

The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.

Bottom

(of a ship) reach or touch the ground under the sea
Nuclear submarines cannot bottom

Buttock

Either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump

Bottom

(of a situation) reach the lowest point before stabilizing or improving
Encouraging signs suggested the recession was bottoming out

Bottom

The deepest or lowest part
The bottom of a well.
The bottom of the page.

Bottom

The part closest to a reference point
Was positioned at the bottom of the key for a rebound.

Bottom

The underside
Scraped the bottom of the car on a rock.

Bottom

The supporting part; the base.

Bottom

The far end or part
At the bottom of the bed.

Bottom

The last place, as on a list.

Bottom

The lowest or least favorable position
Started at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy.

Bottom

The basic underlying quality; the source
Let's get to the bottom of the problem.

Bottom

The solid surface under a body of water.

Bottom

Often bottoms Low-lying alluvial land adjacent to a river. Also called bottomland.

Bottom

(Nautical) The part of a ship's hull below the water line.

Bottom

A ship; a boat
"English merchants did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" (G.M. Trevelyan).

Bottom

Often bottoms The trousers or short pants of pajamas.

Bottom

(Informal) The buttocks.

Bottom

The seat of a chair.

Bottom

(Baseball) The second or last half of an inning.

Bottom

Staying power; stamina. Used of a horse.

Bottom

(Slang) One who is penetrated by another person or is the submissive partner in a sexual encounter or relationship.

Bottom

Situated at the bottom
The bottom rung of the ladder.

Bottom

Of the lowest degree, quality, rank, or amount
The bottom three teams in the league.

Bottom

To provide with an underside.

Bottom

To provide with a foundation; base
Jurisprudence that is bottomed on democratic principles.

Bottom

To have or strike the underside against something
The car bottomed on the gravel.

Bottom

The lowest part of anything.
Footers appear at the bottoms of pages.

Bottom

A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.
There's a hole in her pyjama bottoms.

Bottom

Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water.
A soda and a bottom of brandy

Bottom

The far end of somewhere.
There’s a fairy at the bottom of my garden.
I walked to the bottom of the street.

Bottom

Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
Lack bottom

Bottom

Power of endurance.

Bottom

The base; the fundamental part; basic aspect.

Bottom

Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.
Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe Bottom?

Bottom

(usually: bottoms or bottomland) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.

Bottom

(euphemism) The buttocks or anus.

Bottom

The lowest part of a container.

Bottom

The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.

Bottom

An abyss.

Bottom

(nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.

Bottom

(nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.

Bottom

(baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.

Bottom

(BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.

Bottom

(gay slang) A man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex with men.
James and Lukas would make a great couple if they weren't both bottoms.

Bottom

(particle physics) bottom quark.

Bottom

A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

Bottom

(obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.

Bottom

(transitive) To furnish (something) with a bottom.
To bottom a chair

Bottom

(transitive) To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).

Bottom

(obsolete) To wind (like a ball of thread etc.).

Bottom

(transitive) To establish or found (something) on or upon.

Bottom

To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.

Bottom

To be based or grounded.

Bottom

To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.

Bottom

(transitive) To reach the bottom of something.

Bottom

To fall to the lowest point.

Bottom

To be the submissive partner in a BDSM relationship.

Bottom

To be anally penetrated in gay sex.
The only time I ever bottomed' in my life, my sphincter was pierced.

Bottom

The lowest or last place or position.
Those files should go on the bottom shelf.

Bottom

(transgender) Relating to the genitals.
Bottom dysphoria
Bottom surgery

Bottom

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.
Or dive into the bottom of the deep.

Bottom

The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface.
Barrels with the bottom knocked out.
No two chairs were alike; such high backs and low backs and leather bottoms and worsted bottoms.

Bottom

That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.

Bottom

The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.

Bottom

The fundament; the buttocks.

Bottom

An abyss.

Bottom

Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.

Bottom

The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
Not to sell the teas, but to return them to London in thesame bottoms in which they were shipped.

Bottom

Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.

Bottom

Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
He was at the bottom of many excellent counsels.

Bottom

A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
Silkworms finish their bottoms in . . . fifteen days.

Bottom

Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.

Bottom

To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; - followed by on or upon.
Action is supposed to be bottomed upon principle.
Those false and deceiving grounds upon which many bottom their eternal state].

Bottom

To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.

Bottom

To reach or get to the bottom of.

Bottom

To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; - usually with on or upon.
Find on what foundation any proposition bottoms.

Bottom

To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.

Bottom

To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
As you unwind her love from him,Lest it should ravel and be good to none,You must provide to bottom it on me.

Bottom

The lower side of anything

Bottom

The lowest part of anything;
They started at the bottom of the hill

Bottom

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

Bottom

The second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

Bottom

A depression forming the ground under a body of water;
He searched for treasure on the ocean bed

Bottom

Low-lying alluvial land near a river

Bottom

A cargo ship;
They did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms

Bottom

Provide with a bottom or a seat;
Bottom the chairs

Bottom

Strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

Bottom

Come to understand

Bottom

Situated at the bottom or lowest position;
The bottom drawer
The top shelf

Bottom

At the bottom; lowest or last;
The bottom price

Bottom

The lowest rank;
Bottom member of the class

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