National Rifle Association vs lobby

lobby vs National Rifle Association

National Rifle Association and lobby both are nouns.

National Rifle Association is not a verb while lobby is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
National Rifle Association	Yes	No	No	No
lobby	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, lobby is a hypernym of National Rifle Association; that is, lobby is a word with a broader meaning than National Rifle Association:

National Rifle Association: a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
lobby: an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying

Other hypernyms of National Rifle Association include advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group, special-interest group, special interest, special interest group, third house.

National Rifle Association (noun)	lobby (noun)
a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government	a large entrance or reception room or area
	an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
	the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest

National Rifle Association (verb)	lobby (verb)
	detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

Difference between National Rifle Association and lobby

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