answer vs reaction
reaction vs answeranswer and reaction both are nouns.
answer is a verb but reaction is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| answer | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| reaction | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
reaction is a hypernym of
answer; that is, reaction is a
word with a broader meaning than answer:
- answer: a nonverbal reaction
- reaction: a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
Other hypernyms of answer include
response.
| answer (noun) | reaction (noun) |
|---|---|
| a nonverbal reaction | a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent |
| the speech act of replying to a question | doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like |
| a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation | an idea evoked by some experience |
| a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem | extreme conservatism in political or social matters |
| the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims | (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body |
| a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude | |
| (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others |
| answer (verb) | reaction (verb) |
|---|---|
| give the correct answer or solution to | |
| respond to a signal | |
| understand the meaning of | |
| react to a stimulus or command | |
| react verbally | |
| give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument) | |
| be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of | |
| match or correspond | |
| be liable or accountable | |
| be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity |
Words related to "answer"
- Urim and Thummim
- agree
- answerable
- answerer
- be
- bridge over
- bridle
- call back
- check
- come back
- conform to
- correspond
- counter
- defence
- defense
- denouement
- do
- evasive answer
- feed back
- feedback
- field
- figure out
- fill
- fit
- fulfil
- fulfill
- function
- gibe
- go a long way
- go around
- jibe
- jurisprudence
- keep going
- law
- lick
- live up to
- match
- measure up
- meet
- nolo contendere
- non vult
- plea
- pleading
- puzzle out
- qualify
- question
- react
- reaction
- rebut
- refutation
- refute
- rejoin
- repay
- reply
- rescript
- resolution
- resolve
- respond
- response
- result
- retort
- return
- riposte
- sass
- satisfy
- say
- serve
- solution
- solve
- solvent
- state
- statement
- suffice
- tally
- tell
- tide over
- work
- work out
Words related to "reaction"
- ASMR
- Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response
- Fere phenomenon
- GSR
- Tarchanoff phenomenon
- activity
- addition reaction
- aldol reaction
- answer
- automatism
- backlash
- bodily function
- bodily process
- body process
- breakdown
- chain reaction
- chemical action
- chemical change
- chemical decomposition reaction
- chemical equilibrium
- chemical process
- chemical reaction
- chemical science
- chemistry
- conservatism
- conservativism
- decomposition
- decomposition reaction
- displacement
- displacement reaction
- double decomposition
- double decomposition reaction
- double take
- electrical skin response
- electrodermal response
- elimination reaction
- endothermic reaction
- equilibrium
- exothermic reaction
- force
- galvanic skin response
- hydrolysis
- idea
- immune reaction
- immune response
- immunologic response
- inborn reflex
- innate reflex
- instinctive reflex
- kinesis
- learned reaction
- learned response
- mechanics
- metathesis
- neutralisation
- neutralisation reaction
- neutralization
- neutralization reaction
- opposition
- overreaction
- oxidation
- oxidation-reduction
- oxidisation
- oxidization
- oxidoreduction
- passage
- passing
- photochemical reaction
- physiological reaction
- psychogalvanic response
- react
- reactionary
- rebound
- redox
- reducing
- reduction
- reflex
- reflex action
- reflex response
- resistance
- response
- saponification
- taxis
- thought
- transfusion reaction
- tropism
- unconditioned reflex
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