appendage vs member

appendage

noun
  • A part that is joined to something larger. 

  • An external body part that projects from the body. 

  • A natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism. 

member

noun
  • A part of a whole. 

  • A file stored within an archive file. 

  • the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court. 

  • The penis. 

  • Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb. 

  • One who officially belongs to a group. 

  • An element of a set. 

  • Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign. 

  • A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause. 

  • One of the propositions making up a syllogism. 

  • A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class. 

  • friend 

How often have the words appendage and member occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )