avoirdupois unit vs stone

stone vs avoirdupois unit

avoirdupois unit and stone both are nouns.

avoirdupois unit is not an adjective while stone is an adjective.

avoirdupois unit is not a verb while stone is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
avoirdupois unit	Yes	No	No	No
stone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, stone is a hyponym of avoirdupois unit; that is, stone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than avoirdupois unit:

avoirdupois unit: any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
stone: an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds

Other hyponyms of avoirdupois unit include grain, dram, ounce, oz., lb, pound, half pound, quarter pound, quarter, cwt, hundredweight, long hundredweight, cental, centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight, gross ton, long ton, ton, net ton, short ton, ton, kiloton, megaton.

avoirdupois unit (noun)	stone (noun)
any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights	building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
	a lack of feeling or expression or movement
	a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
	the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
	an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
	material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
	a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

avoirdupois unit (adjective)	stone (adjective)
	of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

avoirdupois unit (verb)	stone (verb)
	remove the pits from
	kill by throwing stones at

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