British capacity unit vs barrel

barrel vs British capacity unit

British capacity unit and barrel both are nouns.

British capacity unit is not a verb while barrel is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
British capacity unit	Yes	No	No	No
barrel	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, barrel is a hyponym of British capacity unit; that is, barrel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than British capacity unit:

British capacity unit: a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
barrel: any of various units of capacity

Other hyponyms of British capacity unit include bbl, minim, drachm, fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram, fluid ounce, fluidounce, gill, pint, quart, congius, gallon, Imperial gallon, peck, bushel, firkin, kilderkin, quarter, hogshead, chaldron.

British capacity unit (noun)	barrel (noun)
a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet	a cylindrical container that holds liquids
	a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
	any of various units of capacity
	the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
	a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

British capacity unit (verb)	barrel (verb)
	put in barrels

Difference between British capacity unit and barrel

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