Tissue vs. Muscle — What's the Difference?

A fine, very thin fabric, such as gauze.

A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement.

Tissue paper.

A contractile organ consisting of a special bundle of muscle tissue, which moves a particular bone, part, or substance of the body

A soft, absorbent piece of paper used as toilet paper, a handkerchief, or a towel.

Muscular strength

An interwoven or interrelated number of things; a web; a network

(Informal) Power or authority

(Biology) An aggregation of morphologically similar cells and associated intercellular matter acting together to perform one or more specific functions in an organism. There are four basic types of tissue in many animals

To make one's way by or as if by force

Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.

To move or force with strength

A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.

(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.

A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.

(countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.

Absorbent paper as material.

A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.

(biology) A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.

Strength, force.

Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.

Hired strongmen or bodyguards.

The scratch sheet or racing form.

To use force to make progress, especially physical force.

To form tissue of; to interweave.

An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.

A woven fabric.

Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight.

A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.

See Mussel.

One of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue.

An essential part of something; as, budget cuts have gone beyond the fat and are cutting into the muscle of the government.

Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood.

Bodyguards or other persons hired to provide protection or commit violence; as, he doesn't go out without his muscle along.

To form tissue of; to interweave.

To compel by threat of force; as, they muscled the shopkeeper into paying protection money.

A part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function

To moved by human force; as, to muscle the piano onto the truck.

A soft thin (usually translucent) paper

One of the contractile organs of the body

Create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton;

Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard;

Authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way);

Muscular strength

Make one's way by force;