Lips vs. Tongue — What's the Difference?

Either of two fleshy structures that surround the opening of the mouth in humans and other mammals.

The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of a typical vertebrate. It manipulates food for mastication and swallowing as part of the digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste.

In humans, the smooth brownish to reddish border of the lip.

The fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech.

(Anatomy) A labium.

Used in reference to a person's style or manner of speaking

The margin of flesh around a wound.

A strip of leather or fabric under the laces in a shoe, attached only at the front end.

Either of the margins of the aperture of a gastropod shell.

The free-swinging metal piece inside a bell which is made to strike the bell to produce the sound.

A rim, as of a vessel, bell, or crater.

A long, low promontory of land.

(Botany) One of the two divisions of a bilabiate corolla or calyx, as in the snapdragon, or the modified median petal of an orchid flower.

A projecting strip on a wooden board fitting into a groove on another.

The tip of a pouring spout, as on a pitcher.

The vibrating reed of a musical instrument or organ pipe.

(Slang) Insolent talk.

A jet of flame

To touch the lips to.

Sound (a note) distinctly on a wind instrument by interrupting the air flow with the tongue

To kiss.

Lick or caress with the tongue

To utter.

The fleshy, movable, muscular organ, attached in most vertebrates to the floor of the mouth, that is the principal organ of taste, an aid in chewing and swallowing, and, in humans, an important organ of speech.

To lap or splash against.

An analogous organ or part in invertebrate animals, as in certain insects or mollusks.

(Sports) To hit a golf ball so that it touches the edge of (the hole) without dropping in.

The tongue of an animal, such as a cow, used as food.

Plural of lip

A spoken language or dialect.

(MLE) To kiss (passionately), to smooch.

Speech; talk

The act or power of speaking

Tongues Speech or vocal sounds produced in a state of religious ecstasy.

Style or quality of utterance

The bark or baying of a hunting dog that sees game

The vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument.

A flame.

The flap of material under the laces or buckles of a shoe.

A spit of land; a promontory.

A bell clapper.

The harnessing pole attached to the front axle of a horse-drawn vehicle.

A protruding strip along the edge of a board that fits into a matching groove on the edge of another board.

(Music) To separate or articulate (notes played on a brass or wind instrument) by shutting off the stream of air with the tongue.

To touch or lick with the tongue.

To give (someone) a French-kiss.

To provide (a board) with a tongue.

To join by means of a tongue and groove.

(Archaic) To scold.

(Music) To articulate notes on a brass or wind instrument.

To project

The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).

Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.

(metonym) A language.

(obsolete) Speakers of a language, collectively.

(obsolete) Voice the distinctive sound of a person's speech; accent distinctive manner of pronouncing a language.

Manner of speaking, often habitually.

(metonym) A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural).

The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.

(obsolete) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

(obsolete) Honourable discourse; eulogy.

Glossolalia.

In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).

Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.

A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.

A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.

The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.

The clapper of a bell.

(figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.

A small sole (type of fish).

(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.

(music) A reed.

(geology) A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.

On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).

(slang) To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex.

To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.

To join by means of a tongue and groove.

To talk; to prate.

To speak; to utter.

To chide; to scold.

An organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

The power of articulate utterance; speech.

Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

Honorable discourse; eulogy.

A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.

Speech; words or declarations only; - opposed to thoughts or actions.

A people having a distinct language.

The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.

Any small sole.

That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.

A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.

A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.

A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.

The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.

The clapper of a bell.

A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.

To speak; to utter.

To chide; to scold.

To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.

To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.

To talk; to prate.

To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.

A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

A human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

Any long thin projection that is transient;

A manner of speaking;

A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

The tongue of certain animals used as meat

The flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot

Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

Lick or explore with the tongue