What's the difference between chest and breast?

Breast and chest both mean the front of the rib-cage. Breast is the older form and comes from the German word “Brust”. “Music hath powers to soothe the savage breast. read more

Chest is the portion of a human or animal's body that lies between the neck and the stomach. This implies that in the case of human beings, both males and females have chest. Breasts form a part of the chest; specifically, these are areas of the chest that contain fatty tissue, namely, breast tissue. read more

Breast is a synonym of chest. As nouns the difference between chest and breast is that chest is a box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid or chest can be debate; quarrel; strife; enmity while breast is either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men. read more

Research on women reveals that sometimes heart attack pain is less intense and can be ignored or written off as something else. read more