A neck: 脖子 or 颈?
Is there any difference betwees these two words? Do you say “a neck” in the same way to refer to people´s neck and animals´ one?
Thank you!

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A neck: 脖子 or  颈?
Is there any difference betwees these two words? Do you say “a neck” in the same way to refer to people´s neck and animals´ one?
Thank you!

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Hi Vika，
It's really a great question and you're really observing.
脖子 and 颈 means the same.It has none differences in people or animals.
脖子 is more casual，daily conversation.
颈 is more formal，and widely used in medical science documents.
Hope that‘s helpful. :-D

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脖子 is more widely used than 颈. 
People rarely say 颈 in daily conversation.

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这两个词的意思是相同的，只是“脖子”更多用在口语中，人们的日常口语表达会使用；“颈”则更书面语。

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The latter one is more formal,the former is more spoken.
Yes,same.

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