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base vs bed

bed vs base

base and bed both are nouns.

base is an adjective but bed is not an adjective.

base and bed both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
base Yes Yes Yes No
bed Yes No Yes No
As nouns, bed is a hyponym of base; that is, bed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than base:
  • base: lowest support of a structure
  • bed: a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
Other hyponyms of base include mat, raft, raft foundation.
base (noun) bed (noun)
a support or foundation a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
lowest support of a structure a plot of ground in which plants are growing
a place that the runner must touch before scoring a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
installation from which a military force initiates operations single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area a depression forming the ground under a body of water
the principal ingredient of a mixture (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
a lower limit
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
the bottom or lowest part
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
the most important or necessary part of something
the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
base (adjective) bed (adjective)
serving as or forming a base
debased; not genuine
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
illegitimate
(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
not adhering to ethical or moral principles
base (verb) bed (verb)
use as a basis for; found on prepare for sleep
use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes have sexual intercourse with
situate as a center of operations put to bed
place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
furnish with a bed
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