attack submarine vs sub

sub vs attack submarine

attack submarine and sub both are nouns.

attack submarine is not a verb while sub is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attack submarine	Yes	No	No	No
sub	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, sub is a hypernym of attack submarine; that is, sub is a word with a broader meaning than attack submarine:

attack submarine: a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping
sub: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

Other hypernyms of attack submarine include pigboat, submarine.

attack submarine (noun)	sub (noun)
a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping	a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
	a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

attack submarine (verb)	sub (verb)
	be a substitute

Difference between attack submarine and sub

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