barrel vs British capacity unit

British capacity unit vs barrel

barrel and British capacity unit both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, British capacity unit is a hypernym of barrel; that is, British capacity unit is a word with a broader meaning than barrel:

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

Other hypernyms of barrel include United States liquid unit, Imperial capacity unit.

barrel (noun)	British capacity unit (noun)
a cylindrical container that holds liquids	a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
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

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

Difference between barrel and British capacity unit

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