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Legs, feet. What's the difference

allayarthemount
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FeuerSchneck•
Does your language not differentiate? Legs are your lower limbs, and feet are at the bottom of your legs, attached to your toes. Your feet are what you stand on. It's just like arms vs hands.
ExplanationMiddle•
Legs are what you cover with trousers.  Feet are what you cover with socks and shoes.  Legs have knees.  Feet have toes.
TheStorMan•
Same as arms and hands Feet are the bit that only goes into shoes. Legs are trousers plus shoes.
Round-Lab73•
I'm kind of guessing what you're asking here, but legs are to arms what feet are to hands
Tetracheilostoma•
Legs are longer
BubbhaJebus•
A leg is one of the two limbs that stretch from the hips to the feet, each consisting of a thigh, a knee, a calf, an ankle, and (depending on context) a foot. A foot is the part of the leg that's below the ankle, whose parts include the heel, sole, and toes.
Ok_Television9820•
Way more bones in feet.
MadDocHolliday•
The foot bone is connected to the leg bone, the leg bone is connected to the knee bone, the knee bone is connected to the thigh bone....
Nall-ohki•
Above the ankle: legs Below the ankle: feet
Archarchery•
The feet are below the ankles.
Evil_Weevill•
The portion of your body between ankles and hips/butt are your legs The portion of your body below your ankle is your foot. You wear trousers on your legs You wear shoes on your feet
Impossible_Permit866•
The foot is the distinct flat sticky outy bit at the bottom, the leg is the lump on your ankle to your waist, although sometimes the leg includes the foot they're usually thought of as distinct body parts in English. Here's what I reccomend, rather than learning words just based off a translation to your language, look up the word and look at the pictures, if you'd done this you'd pretty quickly grasp the difference between feet and legs
Sparky-Malarky•
Many years ago, my mother injured herself at work. The doctor told her she had suffered a sprained foot. She asked "How is that different from a sprained ankle?" He pointed and said "That’s your ankle, that’s your foot."